Projeto Clube SESC Maturidadde Ativa: na busca de uma nova visão sobre a velhice

Abstract

Leaving from the estimated one that, in Brazil, it offers of physical activity to the third age, it had beginning in the 60’s, at SESC São Paulo, we search to know how is being developed the work with this population at SESC Rio Grande do Sul, being from our knowledge that this entity, in state level, has as a principle to develop a new vision of human aging. We had as an objective to recognize the reasons why the aged ones had looked for a group, as well as the reason why they had remained in that one; concept of aging that they are developing; sugestions and aspects more excellent about the subject. We had as a sample 278 aged ones of both sexos, which are part from 19 SESC’s Clubs “Maturidade Ativa” in all over Rio Grande do Sul. These aged ones had answered to a questionnaire with objective and subjective questions. Ahead of the results, we concluded that the main reason to the search of the group is with the intention to practise a physical activity, remaining in the group because they feel themselves between friends, and having the social action as one more excellent aspect, suggesting a professional with more availability of time to take care of them, and they are changing their vision of aging, therefore they believe that this part of its lives is equal to any another one that they have lived previously, which can and must be lived intensely.