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- Title
Meaning of aging for caregivers of senile elderly people.
- Authors
de Rezende Ferreira, Sara Ingrid; Ferraz Teston, Elen; Silva Marcon, Sonia; Ciccone Giacon-Arruda, Bianca Cristina; Bispo dos Santos Mandu, Juliete; Elisandro Werle, Josiel; Frari Galera, Sueli Aparecida
- Abstract
Objectives: to understand the meaning of aging for caregivers of senile elderly people. Methods: qualitative study carried out with 12 caregivers of elderly people registered in the Home Care Service, adopting the Explanatory Model of Kleinman's Disease as a theoretical framework. Data were collected from April to June 2019, through semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews, carried out at home and submitted to content analysis. Results: taking care of senile elderly people triggers reflections on aging that sometimes lead to a new meaning of this process, besides stimulating the recognition of the factors that influence it, with emphasis on the life history, occupation and deleterious behaviors adopted throughout life. Final Considerations: the care experience influences the meaning attributed to aging, favoring: the identification of modifiable and non-modifiable aspects and behaviors that make it healthy; reflection on aging itself, with a new meaning of habits and behaviors to be adopted.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CAREGIVER attitudes; RESEARCH methodology; ATTITUDES toward aging; INTERVIEWING; QUALITATIVE research; TERMS &; phrases; AGING; PUBLIC hospitals; RESEARCH funding; CONTENT analysis; REFLECTION (Philosophy)
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1240