Abstract
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the everyday life of the elderly person who practices circle dancing. Method: a interpretative qualitative research based on Comprehensive sociology and the daily life. Data collection occurred between September 2016 and March 2017 through in-depth interviews and participant observation. There was a total of 20 participants, with 17 of them practicing the dancing and three circle dance leaders in the Basic Health Units of a municipality in southern Brazil. Data analysis included preliminary analysis, ordering, key links, coding and categorization. Results: two thematic categories emerged: The daily life of the elderly person; Experiencing circle dancing in everyday life. The daily lives of the elderly are involved in domestic activities, family care, volunteer work, community groups and physical activities. The elderly expressed that circle dancing brought changes, made them more balanced, calm, cheerful, attentive, interactive, with pain relief and improved family and social relationships. Conclusion: circle dancing in the daily life of the elderly person causes emotional, physical, social and, mainly, family changes in their everyday way of living, making them more positive, loving and sensitive, healthier, it also contributes to health promotion and a better quality life.
Highlights
The Brazilian population has been experiencing a more expressive aging pattern, changing the predominant image of being a young country
According to projections by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2043, a quarter of the Brazilian population will be over 60 years of age, while the proportion of people up to 14 years of age will be only 16.3%1
The results of this study highlight the importance of taking into account the daily life of elderly people in order to advance health care practices aimed at health promotion in their daily lives
Summary
The Brazilian population has been experiencing a more expressive aging pattern, changing the predominant image of being a young country. In daily health practice, it is essential to contemplate these significant changes in the demographic and epidemiological patterns that the Brazilian population has presented with the increasing presence of elderly people in our health services, considering that these changes influence and are influenced by people’s way of living, as well as by the way public policies are organized. In this sense, Primary Health Care (PHC) needs to be highlighted as the preferred entry point for users into the Unified Health System (SUS), as it highlights the need to offer care directed at the demands of the elderly population, implying specific training, as well as the integration of other practices that involve the integrality of the elderly in their daily lives[2]. The conclusions showed that advances in PHC influenced the reduction of hospitalizations of the elderly person[3]
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