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Home \ News \ Health \ Population aging opens up spaces for gerontologists to work The aging of the population opens up opportunities for gerontologists to work March , Published in:Health , USP Online Highlight This Friday, March th, Gerontologist Day is celebrated; EACH, at USP Leste, was the first institution to offer an undergraduate course in Gerontology. This Friday, March th, Gerontologist Day is celebrated; EACH, at USP Leste, was the first institution to offer an undergraduate course in Gerontology By , the Brazilian elderly population will almost triple and Brazil will be considered an aging nation. The classification is made by the World Health Organization (WHO) for countries with more than % of the population made up of elderly people, as is the case in France, England and Canada. The change in the sociodemographic profile of the population has opened up more opportunities for gerontology professionals. They work in several areas, caring for aging in its.
Biopsychosocial aspects. March th is Gerontologist Day, and at USP's School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), where the course is offered, the category has reason to celebrate. According to Eva Bettine, graduated from the third class of EACH, although the profession still has its regulations being processed in the Federal Senate and awaiting final approval, professionals have been expan Whatsapp Number List ding their area of activity: they work in hospitals, elderly care centers, social programs, health plans, home care and, in academia, with research into diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In Eva's view, the biggest challenge for gerontologists is to deal with aging without the country having yet resolved the prevalence of infectious diseases, which affect different age groups. According to the gerontologist, a few decades ago, Brazil was a young country and today, due to improvements in sanitary conditions, discoveries of drugs that reduced the effects of chronic diseases and vaccination campaigns, the situation has .
Changed. The % of elderly people who make up the Brazilian population today will reach a rate of % by the middle of the century. Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Images Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Images Professional Profile Unlike geriatrics, which works with age-specific pathologies, the gerontologist deals with the aging process in a broader sense. It promotes actions so that people live their mature years with health, independence and autonomy. “We seek to change the logic that prevails in the social environment of considering aging only as losses and an unproductive and inactive phase of life”. People can live longer and with quality of life, he concludes. The job market has been promising for gerontologists and should improve in the coming generations. In long-term care institutions for the elderly (ILPIs), they act as team managers and as activity planners so that the place has a socializing character, which goes beyond nursing care and food. In hospitals, they perform procedures that do not require.
Biopsychosocial aspects. March th is Gerontologist Day, and at USP's School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), where the course is offered, the category has reason to celebrate. According to Eva Bettine, graduated from the third class of EACH, although the profession still has its regulations being processed in the Federal Senate and awaiting final approval, professionals have been expan Whatsapp Number List ding their area of activity: they work in hospitals, elderly care centers, social programs, health plans, home care and, in academia, with research into diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In Eva's view, the biggest challenge for gerontologists is to deal with aging without the country having yet resolved the prevalence of infectious diseases, which affect different age groups. According to the gerontologist, a few decades ago, Brazil was a young country and today, due to improvements in sanitary conditions, discoveries of drugs that reduced the effects of chronic diseases and vaccination campaigns, the situation has .
Changed. The % of elderly people who make up the Brazilian population today will reach a rate of % by the middle of the century. Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Images Photo: Marcos Santos/USP Images Professional Profile Unlike geriatrics, which works with age-specific pathologies, the gerontologist deals with the aging process in a broader sense. It promotes actions so that people live their mature years with health, independence and autonomy. “We seek to change the logic that prevails in the social environment of considering aging only as losses and an unproductive and inactive phase of life”. People can live longer and with quality of life, he concludes. The job market has been promising for gerontologists and should improve in the coming generations. In long-term care institutions for the elderly (ILPIs), they act as team managers and as activity planners so that the place has a socializing character, which goes beyond nursing care and food. In hospitals, they perform procedures that do not require.