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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.
Retirement: noticed changes in relation to routine and roles in elder people non- institutionalized from Punta Arenas city.
Abstract
This research has as main purpose to identify the perception of non institutionalized elderly people from Punta Arenas city, on the matter of all changes produce in their routines and roles after the retirement process; seeing from the approach of Occupation’s Science and Occupational Therapy in the Magellan and Antarctic Chilean region.
The methodology used has a qualitative approach. It was used a semi-structured interview for the data collection, and the analysis information is based upon The Grounded Theory of Glaser & Strauss (1967).
As main results, it was obtained that the existence of changes in the routines and roles, include positive and negative perception associated. Furthermore, it was identified that a narrow relationship exists in the performance of the routines and roles of the people.
Lastly, it can be concluded that for elderly people, the adaptation to those changes produced after living the retirement process depends on the opportunities of getting involved in meaningful activities, together with the possibility of counting with support networks.
