title: [Happy Age Group: nursing care for the promotion of health in the third age].
abstract: This article is aimed at describing the formation of the Happy Age, a group developed by nurses of the Family Health Program in the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará, as well as to know the impact of the activities it carries out in the lives of senior citizens. The first participants of the group were 314 elders that are part of the Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus programs. To form the group the nurses had the help of a doctor, a physiotherapist, a physical educator and a health agent. Group activities were walks, workshops, outings and community therapy. The final group was comprised of 124 members. After their insertion in the group, participants experienced improvements in the biological aspect, such as increased flexibility and better articulation mobility, in addition to increasing social interactions. It was observed that activities carried out this way favor the promotion of elderly citizen's health.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (FUNCAP), Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. janainavictor@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Janaína Fonseca
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Victor
authors.forename: Francisca de Fátima
authors.initials: Fde F
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Adriana Rocha
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Lorena Barbosa
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ximenes
authors.forename: Thelma Leite
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Helena Isuku Horibe
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castilho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006126:Group Processes; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged