Tejedores de vida: una propuesta de uso del tiempo libre desde la pedagogía del ocio como un mecanismo de reconocimiento social para un grupo de adultos mayores de la fundación el Cottolengo del padre Ocampo -Jamundí

Abstract

The pedagogical intervention project Tejedores de vida, is a bet that is made from the life experiences of a group of older adults of the Cottolengo Foundation of Father Ocampo in order to contribute to the problems that exist regarding the use of time free of the elderly in institutions where they live their last years and thus contribute to improve their quality of life. The experience was developed in the Cottolengo Foundation of Father Ocampo of the municipality of Jamundí, in this opportunity the work was done with 11 elderly residents. The project has 3 important phases, with which it is intended to generate spaces where the older adult has a recreational and significant leisure time in which the voice of the participants and all their experiences are taken into account in said activities. The objective of this project is to design a strategy based on the pedagogy of leisure to place life experiences on the scene, allowing other spaces for interaction to be provided to the elderly residents of Cottolengo. These spaces are intended to be meaningful for the participants and the community of the foundation to feel heard and valued, thus improving their quality of life.