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O prolongamento da vida gera problemas sociais novos e desafia todos nós a
abordar o envelhecimento e a velhice de modo diferente. A família enquanto espaço
de trocas e interações perde força para o processo de institucionalização.
Paulatinamente, a sociedade fragmenta-se, abrindo lugar a redes sociais alternativas
ao “velhos” laços de solidariedade primária.
As grandes interrogações são relativas a três questões: (1) fragilidade dos
laços intergeracionais, no caso entre pais institucionalizados e filhos adultos; (2)
medidas de proximidade institucional com os filhos (e/ou familiares) da pessoa idosa
institucionalizada, e (3) rede de relações entre a pessoa institucionalizada e a rede de
solidariedade primária.
Para o desenvolvimento desta investigação, usamos o paradigma da
investigação qualitativa e aplicamos a técnica da entrevista semiestruturada. A
amostra é constituída por um grupo de pessoas idosas (n=20) institucionalizadas a
residirem no Concelho de Santo Tirso. Inquirimos ainda, alguns filhos das pessoas
idosas inquiridas (n= 20) e profissionais sociais do lar de residência das pessoas
idosas inquiridas (n=4).
Os principais resultados revelam que (1) a maioria das pessoas idosas
inquiridas ingressou no lar por necessidade de cuidados específicos e por viverem
sozinhas; (2) a relação intergeracional com os filhos é “boa” e acontece de forma
“ocasional”; (3) a proximidade das relações entre filhos adultos e pais idosos
institucionalizados obedece ao regulamento institucional e ao plano de atividades.
Increased life expectancy generates new social problems and challenges us to approach ageing and growing old in a different light. Family, as a privileged space for communication and interaction loses its strength when compared with the process of institutionalization. Slowly but surely, society is fragmented and other alternative social networks take the place of “old” bonds. Three issues arise from this change: (1) fragility of intergenerational bonds between institutionalized parents and their grown-up offspring; (2) institutional methods in order to keep the family still close to the institutionalized elder; (3) relationship between the institutionalized elder and the primary solidarity network. In order to investigate these questions, we performed a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview. Our sample was composed by a group of institutionalized elders (n=20), currently residing in Santo Tirso, their offspring (n=10) and social workers of the respective nursing home (n=4). Main results show that: (1) Most of the elders interviewed were admitted to the nursing home to care for specific needs and also because they were living alone; (2) The intergenerational relation between the elderly and their offspring is “occasional”; (3) The proximity bonds between grown-up offspring and elder institutionalized parents obeys to the nursing home’s activity plan and regulation.
Increased life expectancy generates new social problems and challenges us to approach ageing and growing old in a different light. Family, as a privileged space for communication and interaction loses its strength when compared with the process of institutionalization. Slowly but surely, society is fragmented and other alternative social networks take the place of “old” bonds. Three issues arise from this change: (1) fragility of intergenerational bonds between institutionalized parents and their grown-up offspring; (2) institutional methods in order to keep the family still close to the institutionalized elder; (3) relationship between the institutionalized elder and the primary solidarity network. In order to investigate these questions, we performed a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview. Our sample was composed by a group of institutionalized elders (n=20), currently residing in Santo Tirso, their offspring (n=10) and social workers of the respective nursing home (n=4). Main results show that: (1) Most of the elders interviewed were admitted to the nursing home to care for specific needs and also because they were living alone; (2) The intergenerational relation between the elderly and their offspring is “occasional”; (3) The proximity bonds between grown-up offspring and elder institutionalized parents obeys to the nursing home’s activity plan and regulation.
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Relações intergeracionais Cuidado Bem-estar e qualidade de vida Intergenerational relations Care Well-being Quality of life