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The Affectation of
The Recreational
Activities on The Mood
Of The Elderly
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present the research carried
out to demonstrate and determine how recreational
activities focused on motor and sensory skills affect the
mood of the elderly during quarantine in a geriatric
institution where the sample consisted of nine participants,
describe which are the factors of concern that lower the
mood of each elderly person during confinement and
establish the attitude of the elderly person when developing
each activity by practicing different skills of their body that
promote a dignified time to decrease the rate of negative
emotions, which have been generated by the conditions
experienced during this year 2020. From the results
obtained, it was observed that the recreational activities
developed were of interest to the elderly, positively affecting
their state of mind. Besides, we try to pay tribute to the
value and importance of a group of people who are
currently away from their own families due to the new
prevention rules by the SARS-CoV-2.
Key words: Mood; Older adult; Recreational activities;
Confinement
Resumen
El propósito de este articulo expone la investigación
realizada para demostrar y determinar cómo las actividades
recreativas centralizadas en las habilidades motriz y
sensorial afectan el estado de ánimo del adulto mayor en
tiempo de cuarentena en Institución geriátrica donde la
muestra estuvo conformada por nueve participantes,
describir cuales son los factores de preocupación que bajan
el estado de ánimo a cada adulto mayor durante el
confinamiento y establecer la actitud del adulto mayor al
desarrollar cada actividad practicando diferentes
habilidades de su cuerpo que impulsan un tiempo digno con
el fin de disminuir el índice de emociones negativas, que
han sido generadas por las condiciones vividas durante este
año 2020. Por los resultados obtenidos se observó que las
actividades recreativas desarrolladas fueron de interés para
el adulto mayor afectando de manera positiva su estado de
ánimo.
Gloria Elizabeth Rodriguez González
ER272848 @gmail.com
Languages Department,
Dulce Corazón de Maria School
Villa de Leyva, Boyacá
Además, se intenta tributar a la valoración e
importancia de un grupo de personas que
actualmente se hallan alejada de sus propias familias
debido a las nuevas normas de prevención por el
SARS-CoV-2.
Palabras clave: Estado de ánimo; adulto mayor;
actividades recreativas; confinamiento.
Introduction
At the beginning of the year 2020, society around the world
was impacted by an infectious disease caused by the
SARS-CoV-2 virus that brought about great changes and
consequences that greatly affect the day of humanity and its
economic, educational, social, political, and health welfare
spheres. The elderly are one of the most vulnerable
populations because of health complications and the loss of
their immunity throughout their lives.
The geriatric institutions, emphasizing the Santa Rosa de
Lima geriatric home in Santa Sofia Boyacá, because they
have the most vulnerable population, have had to transform
and apply new care measures, to have the minimum
indexes of contamination. Despite this, there has been an
increase in negative emotions on the part of the older adult
risk factor which directly affects the health and well-being
of this population.
As the main tool of this research, recreational activities
focused on the development of sensory and motor skills
were used to determine how they affect the elderly during
confinement with centralized objectives in analyzing,
helping, describing, and decreasing the index of negative
emotions in the elderly.
Materials and Methods
The present investigation is a case study of the type of
qualitative approach where the nonstandardized data
obtained edify during the process the hypothesis or
explanation of our investigative question, using a type of
investigation the exploratory process corroborating the
subject to treat; state of mind of the older adult.
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