Contribuições do Grupo Envelhecendo com Saúde para a participação nas ocupações cotidianas

Abstract

In Primary Health Care (PHC), professionals should focus on the health and quality of life of elderly people when developing care strategies. Occupational Therapists in PHC seek to offer, together with the teams, comprehensive care to the individual in their life context, with actions to promote health and prevent diseases and injuries. This allows for continuous monitoring and assistance targeted to the population, covering elderly people in their singularities. The objective of this research was to identify and analyze the contributions of the healthy aging group to participation in daily occupations, based on the group participants. This is a qualitative research, with a narrative and descriptive approach, through a semi-structured script. This study provided reflections on the contribution of Occupational Therapy in working with elderly people treated in the context of Primary Health Care (PHC), based on participation in a therapeutic group. As a result, an improvement in participation in daily activities and in health promotion was observed, through active aging, as reported by the participants.