Resumo:
The elderly population has been growing more and more. This phenomenon is caused by different factors, including the increase in life expectancy and the advancement of Medicine. Based on these inferences, it is necessary to adopt practices that can contribute to improving the quality of life in old age. The act of reading and its dynamics enable the elderly to form new concepts about the world in which they live, above all, the role they play in society and in the family. Thus, the mediation of reading becomes relevant to provide well-being and help the elderly to overcome communication and interaction problems. From this perspective, the objective of this research was to analyze, based on the literature of Information Science, how the mediation of reading when performed in a conscious and humanized manner, which questions and processes the meaning of the text, projecting its worldview on it. critical, can contribute to the sociocultural life of the elderly. As for the methodology, it is a ibliographical research that is based on Information Science studies on the mediation of reading aimed at the elderly. Considering the reflections presented on the mediation of reading, it is understood that it is extremely important in the lives of the elderly and can contribute to the process of social inclusion and
well-being. It was also found that the conscious mediation of reading, associated with good planning, can collaborate with the quality of life of the elderly, bringing benefits to the biopsychosocial of these subjects.
