Physical changes resulting from the aging from the perspective of institutionalized elderly

Authors

  • Joice Mara de Oliveira Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).
  • Solange de Oliveira Ferreira Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).
  • Nuno de Noronha da Costa Bispo Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).
  • Maria Helena Villas Boas Concone Antropologia. Programa de Doutorado em Ciências Sociais e do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia/FACHS/PUC-SP.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i4p197-214

Keywords:

Aged, Aging, Health of Institutionalized Elderly.

Abstract

Objective: Verify the prospect of institutionalized elderly about the physical changes associated with aging. Methods: There were 21 elderly in a Home for the Aged in Londrina-PR. Qualitative Research and cross-sectional, in which was held a single interview unstructured supported by a script with six questions developed by the authors was performed. Data analysis was performed using the hermeneutic-dialectic method. Results: The main reports of the participants were the loss of the beauty of youth, the decrease in musculoskeletal performance, the decline of some of the ways the reduction of memory and cognitive ability, the decrease in activity level, plus the youth longing, especially in regarding the functional capacity for work and leisure. Conclusion: Just a few elderly considered old age as a good condition. The vast majority showed a negative view of the aging process, which can be associated to poor health and / or institutionalization.

Keywords: Aged; Aging; Health of Institutionalized Elderly.

Author Biographies

Joice Mara de Oliveira, Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).

Graduanda do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON). 

Solange de Oliveira Ferreira, Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).

Graduanda do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).

Nuno de Noronha da Costa Bispo, Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).

Docente-pesquisador do Curso de Fisioterapia da Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR/ KROTON).

 

Maria Helena Villas Boas Concone, Antropologia. Programa de Doutorado em Ciências Sociais e do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia/FACHS/PUC-SP.

Docente, Pesquisadora do Programa de Doutorado em Ciências Sociais e do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Gerontologia/FACHS/PUC-SP, neste último Vice-Coordenadora, até 2015.

 

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Published

2015-12-30

How to Cite

Oliveira, J. M. de, Ferreira, S. de O., Bispo, N. de N. da C., & Concone, M. H. V. B. (2015). Physical changes resulting from the aging from the perspective of institutionalized elderly. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 18(4), 197–214. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2015v18i4p197-214

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Papers

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