Colcha de Retalhos e apropriação de histórias: um encontro do idoso consigo mesmo e com o outro

The present study aimed to characterize the social identity of elderly women based on the recognition of singularities and complementarities and the recovery of life stories. After the observation period and the survey of the demands, interventions were initiated with the group of elderly women from SCFVI that were configured in weekly meetings, involved by performing the Patchwork technique. Through the action-research method, the meetings were supported by a performance in the emerging demands of the group. Shared stories that were different or unknown to the other members of the group generated curiosity and interest in them, while similar stories or that brought common experiences between them, brought the group close together from an attitude of narrating life stories, to dialogue about them. It is also believed that both processes directly influenced the group's bond and the group identity of the members.