Whom will be my son wiyh? A concern of parents who are aging and have no one to take care of their sons with Down syndrome, who are also aging

Authors

  • Etiene Rossi de Aguiar da Rosa Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.
  • Vicente Paulo Alves Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.
  • Vicente de Paula Faleiros Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i3p109-121

Keywords:

Down Syndrome, Aging, Family.

Abstract

This article discusses the foremost concern of the elderly parents of persons with Down Syndrome who are also aging and will not have where or whom be in case of their parents die earlier. The family is the basis of all persons with Down syndrome, and it is at your side every day. However often there is no one else besides the parents, whether relatives or institutions that are able to welcome these people with the same level of attention and care needed. It was adopted a qualitative methodology, transversal and descriptive, with collecting and analyzing data, consisting of interviews with relatives of people with Down Syndrome, after being adopted parameters and criteria of choice, both of the interviewees (family) and the evaluated (people SD) in the pursuit of ideal sampling of data and findings.

 

Author Biographies

Etiene Rossi de Aguiar da Rosa, Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

Enfermeira, Mestra em Gerontologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

 

Vicente Paulo Alves, Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

Teólogo, Diretor e Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Gerontologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

 

Vicente de Paula Faleiros, Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

Doutorado Université de Montréal (Canadá). Professor Emérito e Pesquisador Associado da Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Professor na Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, na Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB). Brasília (DF), Brasil.

 

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Published

2015-09-30

How to Cite

Rosa, E. R. de A. da, Alves, V. P., & Faleiros, V. de P. (2015). Whom will be my son wiyh? A concern of parents who are aging and have no one to take care of their sons with Down syndrome, who are also aging. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(3), 109–121. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i3p109-121

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Papers

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