Análisis del proyecto Centros Día para adulto mayor en el municipio de Santiago de Cali 2015, ley 1276 de 2009, Artículo 11

Abstract

This degree paper analyzes the Day Centers for the elderly in the municipality of Santiago de Cali 2015, Law 1276 of 2009, Article 11, which does not have a contextualized background study, since the project starts in 2015. This makes this degree paper relevant, facilitating the study of adherence to the norm and particularities of implementation in the context of the city. For this degree paper, the specific objectives are, (i) Study the adoption process of the public policy for the elderly and for aging in the municipality of Santiago de Cali in the project Day Centers for the elderly; (ii) Examine the operation of the Day Centers in the municipality of Santiago de Cali, and (iii) Identify the incidence of the Day Centers project in the beneficiary population.

With the intention of developing the degree paper, a documentary review; a survey of thirty users –who continued in 2016 as beneficiaries– and an interview with seven officials; consultation with primary and secondary sources under a mixed approach methodology; were carried out. Thus, it was evidenced within the main results, the fulfillment in terms of quality in the implementation of the aforementioned article; additionally, satisfaction by the users and transformations in their life dynamics, although alterations in the process of adoption of the public policy of aging to the local context. This means that there is an irregular process in relation to the life cycle of public policy for the municipality of Santiago de Cali, but supported by public policy guidelines such as the aforementioned law and the last two municipal development plans, which protects and allowed the execution of the project.