Eighth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

Advances in medicine, new technologies, as well as social and economic development have increased longevity, but longevity is not everything; we must think about the importance of living longer with a good quality of life. Their health and well-being in the community and society will have more of an impact as time goes by for all generations. The challenge is to consider how to increase the quality of life, years and independence for an individual and to combat ageism. This ethnographic study explored how older adults in Canada and Brazil perceive education that has been designed specifically for them and how they understand it to be linked to healthy living and well-being. The purpose of this study was: to learn more about and be better able to describe the overall impact of education in the lives of older adults; to better understand what older adults imagine the future potential impact of education is for them, including the concepts of healthy living and well-being; and to delineate recommendations for curriculum development, as well as broader institutional and policy-related strategies, in order to expand and develop the state of education for older adults with the focus on healthy living and well-being.