Tears of Solitude: Reactive Similarities in the Struggle for Loss and Abandonment in Old Age
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i3p467-491Keywords:
Grief in old age, Abandonment, Solitude.Abstract
This article addresses the mourning for abandonment and reproduction of old age, based on Theory of Attachment and on Psychology of Grief. It consists of a descriptive study, of the type of experience report, result of the performance in the extension project carried out in the Institution of Long Stay for the Elderly of Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Discuss a characterization of the EntreLAÇOS project and the profile of the public served; mourning related to aging, abandonment and institutionalization; as well as reproduce in mourning with institutionalized elderly. Evidence of differences in ignition and abandonment according to their specificities, although there are similarities in the emotional changes between these changes.