PERCEPCIÓN DEL ENVEJECIMIENTO EN ESTUDIANTES EN CARRERAS DE AYUDA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

Abstract

The number and proportion of elder ouer 6O in tbe world, included Costa Rica, undergo a rapid increase which compels the university institution to assume tbe leadership concerning capacitation and training of professional
able to cope ulitb tbis problematic.

Therefore, people inclued should be free of stereotypes. Nevertheless, aresearch with students from assistance careers of the Uniuersity of Costa Rica, revealed negative stereotypes with regard to physical aspects of elderly, as well as phychosocial profile.