Abstract

VASCONCELOS MOURA, Maria Aparecida et al. Women towards aging in elderly center. Index Enferm [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.4, pp.238-242. ISSN 1699-5988.

Qualitative, descriptive and analytical research, which describes the view of the elderly woman on healthy aging and analyzes their experience on the assistance received in a Community Center for the Elderly. The setting was the Program of Comprehensive Care for the Elderly at the Institute for Health Care São Francisco de Assis, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data was collected through focus group technique, with open questions, enabling an interactive quality and multiplicity of views. The study concluded that the majority of the elderly women understand aging as a healthy process with good and fruitful experiences. The activities in the Center, integrated with promotion and prevention health care and social support, provided a salutary phase in the aging process.

Keywords : Nursing; Women's Health; Aging; Quality of Health Care.