A comprehensive search was conducted on the use of physical exercise applied to the elderly. We will briefly explain how physical exercise helps the elderly in terms of the health-disease process. The aim was to describe how physical exercise helps the older adult physically and emotionally. Reference was made to the group of older adults corresponding to the care area of the Martha Martínez Figuera Polyclinic South, where 137 people over 60 years of age were chosen, of whom 60 were women and 77 men. It is known that the elderly tend to be affected by most chronic diseases because they have a weakened immune system as they age, so the use of physical exercise should provide a solution in terms of improving the health of people of this age. This is how the concepts to be used and the methods used to finally understand how the use of physical exercise really helps the older adult were presented in a direct way. A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study was carried out to better understand the problem posed and its possible solution, in the universe taken from 137 people in the southern care area, that is, belonging to the Policlínico Sur Martha Martínez Figuera.

A review of depression in the elderly was carried out with the aim of exposing important aspects related to diagnosis, evolution, prognosis and treatment in order to contribute to a wider understanding of this mental disorder in the elderly population, taking into account the constant growth of this population and presenting depression as an entity of relevant importance because it is one of the most frequent mental disorders at this age. An updated overview was also presented on some components of the health status of the Cuban population aged 60 and over based on statistical data provided by official statistical information systems. An increase in population ageing was observed between 1970 and 2003, with 14.5% of the population over 60 years of age in 2003. Care for the elderly has been consolidated by increasing the number of geriatricians as well as the units providing health services to this sector of the population. The main causes of death correspond to chronic non-communicable diseases, the first five of which are: heart disease, malignant tumors, cerebrovascular disease, influenza and pneumonia, and diseases of the arteries, arterioles and capillaries. In these ages the greatest risks of illness corresponded to acute respiratory infections and acute diarrheal diseases. High blood pressure was the most prevalent disease affecting women. The ageing of the Cuban population is one of the most important demographic and social implications of the decline in fertility, mortality and increased life expectancy.

In the work carried out in the recreation module, we found in the diagnosis made to the different CDR that one of the chronic non transmissible diseases that abound in them is obesity. Therefore, this work was carried out in order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of these people.

The treatment of obesity is multifactorial, although it is fundamentally based on the combination of two pillars (diet and exercise).

The combination of a generally hypo-energetic diet (adequate for the constitution and the way of life of each subject), accompanied by permanent moderate exercise, is a good option in the prevention and treatment of obesity. Exercise not only preserves but even increases muscle mass. The combination of both approaches allows neither the diet to be as strict nor the exercise to be as vigorous, which facilitates the permanence of the obese person in the weight reduction program.

The elderly often take refuge in the world of their past, when they were in their adolescence, youth or adulthood, because at that stage of their lives they were loved, admired and occupied a preponderant place in the decisions that were taken within the family and they were not helpless.

It is necessary to travel to the past, to determine the functions that were attributed to this age group, because when society changed, many of them either changed little, or were eliminated, instead of changing too. The educational function of the older adult is irreplaceable, especially in this globalized world where the value system is depreciated to the extent that material values rose in price before the spiritual ones

The elderly often take refuge in the world of their past, when they were in their adolescence, youth or adulthood, because at that stage of their lives they were loved, admired and occupied a preponderant place in the decisions that were taken within the family and they were not helpless.

It is necessary to travel to the past, to determine the functions that were attributed to this age group, because when society changed, many of them either changed little, or were eliminated, instead of changing too. The educational function of the older adult is irreplaceable, especially in this globalized world where the value system is depreciated to the extent that material values rose in price before the spiritual ones.