AVALIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DE VIDA EM IDOSOS MATRICULADOS EM UM PROGRAMA UNIVERSITÁRIO PARA IDOSOS

: Population aging in some countries, as in Brazil is notorious, is characterized by a considerable increase in population over 60 years. This phenomenon demands new treatments and care for the maintenance of good health, considering aging as a natural physiological process in people's lives. However, many seniors do not understand these recommendations and need specific health care, which leads health professionals to demand research and consequent understandings of this important phase of human life. This study aimed to study the presence of noncommunicable chronic diseases and the polymedication in elderly mild depression, with little impairment of their functional and cognitive abilities. They present good quality of life, considering the physical, psychological, social and the environment. Thus, it is concluded that UNITI students, a program maintained by UNOESC, present similar data with the national reality in some aspects, but better results in others, demonstrating a higher level of quality of life than the majority of the Brazilian population belonging to to this age group, confirming that the learning in the classroom is being put into practice by the elderly, reflecting in a better quality of life.