Beginning Present News 11/11/2021 VIU Research | Are you a university student or teacher? Easily participate in a research project to improve the quality of life of the elderly Among the many effects that the pandemic caused by COVID19 has had, has been to show the problematic relationship that our societies have with the group of older people . From the International University of Valencia there has always been a concern to seek solutions and proposals that can contribute to improving the quality of life of the elderly, and a perfect example of this objective is the research project that the research group is developing in gerontology and psychology of aging - GEROPSIE de VIU,in conjunction with researchers from the Ibero-American University Corporation of Colombia and the Austral University of Chile. This is a project aimed at investigating the attitudes that university students and teachers have towards older adults . The project is currently in the data collection phase, for which it has enabled a link to a questionnaire in which teachers and university students can participate in a simple and anonymous way. Regarding the motivation that has led them to carry out this project, Dr. Jesús Gonzalez Moreno , Principal Investigator of the Group and director of the University Master's Degree in Health Management and Clinical Management at VIU pointed out that “El envejecimiento de la población, obliga a buscar la mejora de la atención hacia el colectivo de personas mayores, humanizando la atención y rechazando la discriminación de las personas mayores. En muchas ocasiones, una actitud negativa hacia la vejez y los prejuicios sobre esta población, merman la atención que reciben y los recursos que se les aportan. En los últimos años se ha visto un incremento de edadismo o discriminación por edad, cuestión que podría intervenirse si conociéramos qué aspectos son determinantes a la hora de mostrar una serie de actitudes positivas hacia la población mayor.” Por ello, explica, el proyecto tiene la finalidad de “identificar qué aspectos son determinantes a la hora de tener una serie de actitudes positivas hacia las personas mayores, mejorando su atención e inclusión en la sociedad.” Para ello, indica que el proyecto busca “indagar mediante un sistema de encuestas en cómo son las actitudes hacia la población mayor en población universitaria, así como estudiar variables que puedan estar relacionadas o que influyan en esas actitudes. Se realiza en población universitaria por un lado porque el alumnado será en el futuro próximo quiénes atenderán a las personas mayores, y, por otro lado, con el profesorado porque son los que forman y transmiten los conocimientos al alumnado.” Para conseguir esto, señala que con la información recopilada “se elaborarán posteriormente programas de intervención para potenciar o favorecer aquellos aspectos que puedan ayudar a mejorar las actitudes hacia las personas mayores.” El grupo de investigación GEROPSIE surge en el 2019 entre un grupo de docentes de VIU dedicados a la investigación, el trabajo y la docencia en temas relacionados con el envejecimiento, como una manera de canalizar su interés compartido en mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas mayores. Respecto al aspecto colaborativo con otras instituciones universitarias que tiene el proyecto en que se encuentran trabajando, el Dr. Jesús González Moreno indica que “The collaboration with the Ibero-American University Corporation and with the Austral University of Chile, began with a contact by a professor from the Ibero, interested in working together on gerontology issues, as a result of that contact we decided to present the project, and we believe that it can it will be interesting to see if there are differences between countries due to cultural or social reasons. " If you are a university student or teacher and you want to participate in this project, you just have to click on the link that you will find below. It will take you to a survey that you can answer anonymously in no more than 15 minutes. 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