title: [Empowering a group of seniors in a rural community].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the stages of the empowerment process of a group of seniors in a rural community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Convergent care research whose foundation is to use the scope of practice. Conducted with the proposal to change the practice of 21 seniors and nine health professionals, with the aim of health promotion empowerment. Data were collected during 22 meetings, and group interviews at the end of the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Showed that despite the initial impact of the change, the group was able to welcome the new change, taking advantage of the space to express anxieties, share joys, and build new knowledge, which led to the incorporation of changes that reflected in the development of healthy habits and improvements in interpersonal relationships.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The convergent care research consisted of strategy that changed the group's lives, empowering them with health promoting actions.
authors: Department of Nursing in Education and Community Health, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors: Ana Rita Marinho
authors: AR
authors: Machado
authors: Faculty of Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors: Walterlânia Silva
authors: WS
authors: Santos
authors: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors: Flavia Aparecida
authors: FA
authors: Dias
authors: Department of Nursing in Education and Community Health, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors: Darlene Mara Dos Santos
authors: DM
authors: Tavares
authors: Faculty of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiás, GO, Brazil.
authors: Denize Bouttelet
authors: DB
authors: Munari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012424:Rural Population