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Social representations about loneliness by institutionalized elderly

Objective: recognizing the senses attributed to solitude by the elderly. Method: an exploratory research conducted with 68 elderly with minimum age of 62 years old and maximum of 94, of both genders, residents in institutions of long permanence in the city of João Pessoa - Paraíba, brazil. The data were collected from the semi-structured interview and analyzed with the aid of alceste software: 2010. Results: the analyzed data pointed to five classes or categories in which the elderly associate loneliness to negative dimensions, such as: abandonment and contempt. Conclusion: the representations of the elderly are decurrent from their previous experiences and existing contact or not with their families.

Social representations about loneliness by institutionalized elderly

Urheber*in: Silva, Luípa Michele; Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes; Bezerra, Valeria Peixoto; Almeida, Sandra Aparecida de; Brenna, Silvia; Silva, Antonia Oliveira

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Alternative title
Representações sociais sobre solidão por idosos institucionalizados
Representaciones sociales a cerca de la soledad por ancianos institucionalizados
ISSN
2175-5361
Extent
Seite(n): 1-9
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(supl.)

Subject
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
Medizinsoziologie
alter Mensch
Einsamkeit
Familie
Kontakt
Altenpflege
Pflege
Institution
Pflegeheim
Brasilien
Lateinamerika
Südamerika

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Silva, Luípa Michele
Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
Bezerra, Valeria Peixoto
Almeida, Sandra Aparecida de
Brenna, Silvia
Silva, Antonia Oliveira
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2014

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54400-8
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Associated

  • Silva, Luípa Michele
  • Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
  • Bezerra, Valeria Peixoto
  • Almeida, Sandra Aparecida de
  • Brenna, Silvia
  • Silva, Antonia Oliveira

Time of origin

  • 2014

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