Educational and labor inclusion of the elderly in the UAEM

Abstract

Objective. Analyze the process of educational and labor inclusion of the elderly in higher education of the UAEM. Methodology. An analysis of the process of educational and labor inclusion in the older adult population who are workers and students of the UAEM was carried out. The needs they present, the conditions in which they are found, and the supports provided were identified. This analysis was carried out from a cognitive, neurobiological perspective with or without the presence of disability or chronicdegenerative disease; as well as the search for socioaffective indicators or other psychosocial factors that may impact this inclusion process. Contribution. The results obtained will allow establishing strategies to improve the process of educational and labor inclusion in this population considered as vulnerable.