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Objectives: Analyze and describe the practice and knowledge of the elderly woman about how to maintain an active and healthy aging and the difficulties encountered. Methods: This is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach, performed at a Center for Coexistence of public character, in the city of Teresina, Piaui. The study participants were 12 elderly women who attend the Center for Coexistence. The data analysis was performed by means of the content analysis technique, whose purpose is to analyze the effect of the statements of the interviewees. Results: We analyzed the sociodemograico profile of elderly people and also addressed the thematic categories of the study, in accordance with the semantic similarity, which represent the descriptions of the statements of the elderly interviewees who were the practices of elderly people for a healthy and active aging and difficulties of elderly people for active aging. Conclusion: The active aging is seen as a process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security. |
