O acesso ao lazer para os idosos institucionalizados em municípios da fronteira oeste do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The present Work of Course Conclusion has the study objective of the institutional understanding of recreation in Long Permanence Institutions. Being the general objective to analyze if the Long Permanence Institutions understand the importance of recreation access to institutionalized elderly. The search counts with a theme of community interest, has the managers, employees and elderly are integral part of community. This search was important so the academy, as the society, could have the knowledge if the Long Permanence Institutions would have aimed for the importance to recreation access for the elderly. The adopted method made for this study realization was the dialectical-critical that has the totality, the historicity and the contradiction as central categories. The search was of the qualitative type and exploratory nature. The data collection was realized in two Long Permanence Institutions, being interviewed one representative of each institution. The analyze was executed by means of content analyze. Starting from the interviews it was observed that the proposed activities to the elderly are, mainly, around games. There exist the lack of more prepared professionals to the application of recreational actions, as with the interdisciplinary work to the preparation and realization of the same. There is a systematized recreation plan that is elaborated only by the recreationist professional. It is constant the frequency of recreation activities in institutions, however the institutions stumble in some challenges that hamper and even prevent the recreational realization. According to the interview answers there is observations of challenges that the institutions, in general, can come across when making the recreation activities staying the proposition of actions conditioned to external agents, this way the institutions understand the recreation like significant and necessary, but still walk to improve the offered activities.