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O presente estudo pretende fazer uma leitura e compreender as estratégias que os
idosos, que estão inseridos nas respostas sociais, adotam para combater a solidão.
Pretende-se, assim, decifrar a perceção que o idoso tem relativamente ao estado de
solidão; conhecer as estratégias que esses idosos adotam para combater a solidão e
entender se as instituições, onde os mesmos são acolhidos, estão preparadas para
atenuar o sentimento de solidão nos idosos.
Para tal, realizou-se o estudo na Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Vizela, que contou com
a participação de 63 idosos, com idades compreendidas entre os 54 e os 92 anos
(M=76,89), bem como dos seus familiares.
Por um lado, recorremos à metodologia quantitativa para percecionar a dimensão de
solidão a que os idosos estão sujeitos; por outro lado, à metodologia qualitativa de
forma a perceber a relação entre os idosos e seus familiares, quer quanto ao lugar que
estes ocupam nas suas vidas, quer aos laços afetivos existentes entre ambas as partes.
Aos idosos aplicou-se um inquérito por questionário e aos familiares foi aplicada a
entrevista.
O conceito de solidão tem um caráter intuitivo, pois cada pessoa analisa o seu estado de
solidão, tendo em conta a situação a que se encontra exposta, sendo que, para muitos, o
termo solidão significa estar só. O facto de por vezes os idosos vivenciarem a solidão,
poderá estar relacionado com a monotonia dos seus hábitos, uma vez que já não têm
uma atividade laboral e possuem algumas limitações físicas; outro aspeto poderá ser a
falta de convívio com a família ou amigos, bem como com os seus pares. As pessoas
idosas que referem vivenciar solidão, associam este sentimento à falta de amor, afeto,
companhia, isolamento e abandono da família, principalmente dos filhos e netos.
The current study aims to establish a reading and understanding on the strategies that the elderly, who are integrated in the Social Answers, adopt to fight loneliness. It is, thus, intended to decipher the perception that an elderly has, regarding the state of loneliness; to get to know the strategies that those elderly adopt in order to fight loneliness and to understand whether the institutions, where they live, are prepared to soothe the feeling of loneliness that they have. For that, a study was carried out at Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Vizela, and 63 elderly aged 54-92 (M=76,89), took part in it along with their relatives. On the one hand, we made use of the quantitative methods to perceive the dimension of loneliness to which the elderly are subjected to; on the other hand, we made use of the qualitative methods in order to understand the relationship between the elderly and their relatives, whether it is about the place they have in their lives or the affectionate bonds between both parts. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire for the elderly and an interview for their relatives. The concept of loneliness has an intuitive character, for each person analyzes their state of loneliness, taking into consideration the situation they are exposed to; which, for many, the term solitude means to be alone. The fact that, at times, the elderly experience loneliness could be related with the monotony of their habits, since they no longer have work and they have some physical limitations; another aspect could be the lack of time spent together with family and friends as well as their peers. The elderly that state they experience loneliness relate this feeling to the lack of love, affection, company; and to the isolation and abandonment from their family, mainly their children and grandchildren.
The current study aims to establish a reading and understanding on the strategies that the elderly, who are integrated in the Social Answers, adopt to fight loneliness. It is, thus, intended to decipher the perception that an elderly has, regarding the state of loneliness; to get to know the strategies that those elderly adopt in order to fight loneliness and to understand whether the institutions, where they live, are prepared to soothe the feeling of loneliness that they have. For that, a study was carried out at Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Vizela, and 63 elderly aged 54-92 (M=76,89), took part in it along with their relatives. On the one hand, we made use of the quantitative methods to perceive the dimension of loneliness to which the elderly are subjected to; on the other hand, we made use of the qualitative methods in order to understand the relationship between the elderly and their relatives, whether it is about the place they have in their lives or the affectionate bonds between both parts. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire for the elderly and an interview for their relatives. The concept of loneliness has an intuitive character, for each person analyzes their state of loneliness, taking into consideration the situation they are exposed to; which, for many, the term solitude means to be alone. The fact that, at times, the elderly experience loneliness could be related with the monotony of their habits, since they no longer have work and they have some physical limitations; another aspect could be the lack of time spent together with family and friends as well as their peers. The elderly that state they experience loneliness relate this feeling to the lack of love, affection, company; and to the isolation and abandonment from their family, mainly their children and grandchildren.
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Envelhecimento Idoso Família Solidão Aging The elderly Family Loneliness