Os benefícios da arte para um envelhecimento saudável

Abstract

Aging is one of the great riddles of life, and second Spirduso (2005) beyond birth and death, is perhaps the only experience that every human being shares. In recent decades the growth of the elderly population is a sobering fact. This work is proposed to highlight the benefit that the stimulus to creativity through art can bring to this audience, whether in terms of social inclusion, from the point of view of health. In extension project with Art Aging, active since 2003, FAAC - UNESP works with the possibility of improving the quality of life of people in the aging process. From the point of view of social inclusion, the simple access to university is a stimulus socialization of the individual. Have access to knowledge and stimulates the reasoning offered depending on the activity can promote the opportunity to practice motor skills, among others.

Index Terms – art, aging, social inclusion and health