Institutionalization: because they brought me here?

Authors

  • Hercules de Oliveira Carmo
  • Janaina Azen Rangel
  • Nicoli Prado Ribeiro
  • Claudia Lysia Oliveira Araújo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p191-201

Keywords:

Elderly, Institutionalization, Family

Abstract

This work it is an event that is emerging, the growth of the elderly population worldwide and the lack of society and family in this process. The old process of institutionalization before it passes through various stages of processing speed (without any freedom to decide about their lives) leaves his home, a family and goes to live with rules, a new place with unfamiliar people. The aim of this study was to identify the causes of institutionalization, by checking their real needs and demonstrating the strategies used by the elderly to cope with such change. This brings important stories of the elderly about this whole process of institutionalization where one can conclude that there are multiple factors that lead to the institution and verify that the end of their lives could not even opine on what they were deciding.

Author Biographies

Hercules de Oliveira Carmo

Aluno do 4º ano de Enfermagem das Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Ávila, Lorena SP.

Janaina Azen Rangel

Aluna do 4º ano de Enfermagem das Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Ávila, Lorena SP.

Nicoli Prado Ribeiro

Aluna do 4º ano de Enfermagem das Faculdades Integradas Teresa D'Ávila, Lorena SP.

Claudia Lysia Oliveira Araújo

Professora Titular II, Faculdades Integradas Teresa D’ Ávila, Lorena (SP). Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem na Saúde do Adulto, da Escola de Enfermagem da USP.

Published

2013-03-05

How to Cite

Carmo, H. de O., Rangel, J. A., Ribeiro, N. P., & Araújo, C. L. O. (2013). Institutionalization: because they brought me here?. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 15(2), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2012v15i2p191-201

Issue

Section

Experience Report