O serviço social e o trabalho com o grupo de idosos na instituição de longa permanência Vila Itagiba: contribuindo com o fortalecimento dos vínculos sociais

Abstract

The new Brazilian demographic profile furthers the demand for elderly long-term care institutions. Due to that, when the old-aged is institutionalized, comes the necessity to build new social bonds. In this perspective, group activities may contribute to consolidate bonds inside the institution. The following Final Course Assignment is about the theoretical practical reflection and systematization of the curricular internship on Social Work, accomplished on the elderly long-term care institution Vila Itagiba, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. During the curricular internships was found the necessity of strengthening the social bonds on the institution. In this way, it was created an interventional project, which was implemented during the second stage of the internship, aiming to consolidate the bonds between the institutionalized elders by the developing of group activities.