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- Title
La percepción del envejecer en una población de ancianos.
- Authors
Santos Cavalcante, Eliane; Silvério Freire, Izaura Luzia; de Lima Gomes, Andréa Tayse; da Fonseca Silva, Micheline; de Miranda, Francisco Arnoldo Nunes; de Vasconcelos Torres, Gilson
- Abstract
This study aimed to understand the meaning attributed to the aging process by the elderly of a basic health unit. Qualitative, analytical and cross-sectional study, realized in a charity house in the Metropolitan region of the Rio Grande do Norte / Brazil. The sample was composed by 35 elderly and the data collection was between August and December 2014 through semi-structured interview and analyzed according to the Bardin method. Elderly reported that aging is characterized as a burden, moment of solitude and predisposition to disease. Other researched have revealed contentment and welfare notable and hope as to respective epoch lived, acknowledgment for the privilege to reach the advanced age. It is concluded that to improve the quality of life of older people, it is necessary to promote integration between them and the permanency institution as a way to encourage coexistence and social interaction.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HEALTH of older people; MEDICAL care for older people; AGING; CONTENT analysis; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; METROPOLITAN areas; PRIMARY health care; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; SENIOR housing; CROSS-sectional method; ATTITUDES toward aging
- Publication
Cultura de los Cuidados, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 47, p149
- ISSN
1138-1728
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7184/cuid.2017.47.12