Abstract

GONZALEZ VALAREZO, Miguel; PIZA BRUGOS, Narcisa  and  SANCHEZ CABEZAS, Patricia Del Pilar. Positive psychology as a resource in the care of the elderly adult. Conrado [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.72, pp. 109-115.  Epub Feb 02, 2020. ISSN 1990-8644.

Old age is a state in life and aging is a process that happens throughout the life cycle. Both old age and human aging are multidisciplinary objects of knowledge in the sense in which the human individual is a bio-psycho-social one. For this reason, the aging individual is a subject of psychological knowledge. The article analyzes the use of Positive Psychology as a resource in the care of the elderly.

Keywords : Elderly; positive psychology; aging; clinical psychologist.

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