Abstract

REYES GOMEZ, Laureano  and  VILLASANA BENITEZ, Susana. Vejez en edad extrema. Un estudio de etnogerontología social. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2010, vol.5, n.10, pp.217-249. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2010.10.151.

This article seeks to exemplify, through six case studies, the ways in which elderly Zoque indigenous people experience old age when, as a result of advanced age, their illnesses become insidious and multi-factorial in nature, their health deteriorates and they are at higher risk. This article is based on the experiences of persons in extreme old age, or those who are at least 84 years old, and describes the social networks, emotional support and solidarity expressed, and public policy assistance.

Keywords : indigenous old age; social ethnogerontology; Zoques; advanced age.