The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study

Ageing for the individual consists of the gradual loss of his/her social roles and the emptiness experienced by not finding new roles. These feelings can lead to psychic suffering especially when there are failures in family integration. This quantitative study aimed at identifying the number of ins...

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Main Authors: Aline Cristina de Faria, Sandra Aparecida Emidio Antonio, Cássia Tiêmi Nagasawa Ebisui
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Maria Lúcia Ribeiro, 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal
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Online Access:http://www.revistarebram.com/index.php/revistauniara/article/view/32
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author Aline Cristina de Faria
Sandra Aparecida Emidio Antonio
Cássia Tiêmi Nagasawa Ebisui
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description Ageing for the individual consists of the gradual loss of his/her social roles and the emptiness experienced by not finding new roles. These feelings can lead to psychic suffering especially when there are failures in family integration. This quantitative study aimed at identifying the number of institutionalized elderly receiving visits, as well as their frequency and the link of the visitors, in a municipality in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected by asking the 47 (100%) institutionalized elderly to answer a structured questionnaire containing questions of interest to the study. The results show that among the interviewed elderly, 64% received visits; considering the frequency of these visits , 26% said that received visits in the period exceeding 1 month. The findings reveal that 63% of the visitors were other relatives (brothers, grandchildren and nephews,cousins and friends), among them, 47% had children who didn't visit their parents. We concluded that the most relevant finding in this study, in addition to the corroboration of the multiplicity of these losses in the history of life of institutionalized elderly, was the sense of abandonment, inherent in all these elderly people, by their sons, daughters and other relatives, as well as by society in general, showing the need to value this emerging population both in governmental instances as well as in their families.
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spelling doaj.art-184f61b2492847bfbc8cdaaa468f332c2023-09-03T03:40:09ZporMaria Lúcia Ribeiro,Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal1415-35802527-26752014-12-0117211712410.25061/2527-2675/ReBraM/2014.v17i2.3223The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative StudyAline Cristina de Faria0Sandra Aparecida Emidio AntonioCássia Tiêmi Nagasawa Ebisui1Centro Universitário de AraraquaraCentro Universitário de AraraquaraAgeing for the individual consists of the gradual loss of his/her social roles and the emptiness experienced by not finding new roles. These feelings can lead to psychic suffering especially when there are failures in family integration. This quantitative study aimed at identifying the number of institutionalized elderly receiving visits, as well as their frequency and the link of the visitors, in a municipality in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Data were collected by asking the 47 (100%) institutionalized elderly to answer a structured questionnaire containing questions of interest to the study. The results show that among the interviewed elderly, 64% received visits; considering the frequency of these visits , 26% said that received visits in the period exceeding 1 month. The findings reveal that 63% of the visitors were other relatives (brothers, grandchildren and nephews,cousins and friends), among them, 47% had children who didn't visit their parents. We concluded that the most relevant finding in this study, in addition to the corroboration of the multiplicity of these losses in the history of life of institutionalized elderly, was the sense of abandonment, inherent in all these elderly people, by their sons, daughters and other relatives, as well as by society in general, showing the need to value this emerging population both in governmental instances as well as in their families.http://www.revistarebram.com/index.php/revistauniara/article/view/32IdosoInstituição de longa permanência para idososInstitucionalizaçãoFamília
spellingShingle Aline Cristina de Faria
Sandra Aparecida Emidio Antonio
Cássia Tiêmi Nagasawa Ebisui
The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal
Idoso
Instituição de longa permanência para idosos
Institucionalização
Família
title The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
title_full The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
title_fullStr The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
title_full_unstemmed The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
title_short The Reality of Institutionalized Elders Considering Relatives' Visit: A Quantitative Study
title_sort reality of institutionalized elders considering relatives visit a quantitative study
topic Idoso
Instituição de longa permanência para idosos
Institucionalização
Família
url http://www.revistarebram.com/index.php/revistauniara/article/view/32
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