Author for Life or for a Living? by Cristina G.

Participó un grupo de141 personas mayores con adecuadas capacidades psicomotoras ( M edad = 85.50 años, DT = 8.47), utilizándose un diseñocuasiexperimental pretest-postest con grupo control y grupo experimental.

El principal objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el efecto de un programa de envejecimientoactivo sobre el bienestar psicológico y la satisfacción vital de personas mayores institucionalizadas.

Muchas de esas estrategias se han llevado a cabo conpersonas mayores sin dependencia física o cognitiva, mientras que las personas mayores institucionalizadas no hansido un grupo objetivo. Se ha implementado un gran número de estrategias de intervención para promover el envejecimiento activo basadasen el mantenimiento del bienestar físico, psicológico y social. This study suggests that the inclusionof a comprehensive active aging program in nursing homes, that comprises actions aimed at promoting empowerment,participation, and social openness, contributes to the maintenance of perceived well-being. The improvements in psychological well-beingand life satisfaction were maintained 12 months later in the follow-up evaluation. Afterthe intervention, participants from the experimental group showed improvements in the mean values of psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction, while no change was found in the control group. Thecontrol group participated in the traditional limited active aging program offered in long-term care facilities – cognitivestimulation and physical activity – while the experimental group participated in a comprehensive active aging program. A total of 141 participants with adequate psychomotor skills were selected ( M age = 85.50 years, SD = 8.47), and a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group and an experimental group was used. The main objectiveof this study was to analyze the effect of an active aging program on the psychological well-being and life satisfaction ofinstitutionalized older people. Most of these strategies are aimed at people without physicalor cognitive dependence, while institutionalized older people have not been considered as a target group.

A great number of intervention strategies that provide opportunities to maintain physical, psychological, and social wellbeing have been carried out in order to promote active aging.

Author for Life or for a Living? by Cristina G.