PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF WOMEN THROUGH THE COURSE CARING FOR THE ELDERLY OFFERED FROM THE SABER CARE

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF WOMEN THROUGH THE COURSE CARING FOR THE ELDERLY OFFERED FROM THE SABER CARE PROJECT - CITIZEN TRAINING FOR AUTONOMY AND INCOME GENERATION FOR WOMEN AT IFSP - ARARAQUARA CAMPUS IN THE YEARS OF 2017 to 2019

ABSTRACT

The object of study of this article is the professional training of women, specifi cally the Know How to Care

Project - citizen training for autonomy and income generation for women, informally known as the Elderly

Caregiver Project or Elderly Caregiver Course. The objective is to describe the perceptions of 30 women who

graduated from professional training courses for Caregivers for the Elderly off ered in the years 2017, 2018 and

2019 at IFSP - Campus Araraquara. The methodology adopted was the qualitative and quantitative approach,

applying the descriptive study through interviews. The collected data reveal that the women who graduated

from the IFSP – Campus Araraquara agree that the Elderly Caregiver Course was and is important for the inser-

tion of the graduates in the world of work and to improve their social condition. In addition, they believe it is

extremely important that the IFSP – Campus Araraquara has its own professional training program for women.

Keywords: Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo-IFSP. Professional training

of women. The Elderly Caregiver Project.