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Calidad de vida de los adultos mayores en tiempos de covid- 19
(Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales, Carrera de Trabajo Social, 2021-05) Espinoza Celi, Edith Viviana; Altamirano Altamirano, Silvia Jovanna
This research aims to report on the changes that older adults have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Atahualpa parish of the city of Ambato, focusing as a need for study by Social Work to this group that is in a state of vulnerability, the same as belonging to the GAD “ATAHUALPA” home visits program. Among the quality indicators were considered the following ones: the quality of life for older people, the laws that protect them to maintain their state of well-being. Thus, they were focusing on their physical health, mental health, social relationships and the environment using as a measurement instrument a survey endorsed by the World Health Organization, WHOQOL-BREF. Focusing also on COVID-19, its concept and appearance, comparing it with other pandemics that have emerged worldwide, the measures that were taken and how it affected people