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0546/2013 - Meanings of the lived period by the long-lived elderly person in the process of death/dying and mourning.
Significados do vivido pela pessoa idosa longeva no processo de morte/morrer e luto.

Author:

• Tânia Maria de Oliva Menezes - Menezes, T. M. O. - Salvador, Bahia - Universidade Federal da Bahia-Escola de Enfermagem - <tomenezes50@gmail.com >

Co-author(s):

• Regina Lúcia Mendonça Lopes - Lopes, R. L. M. - Universidade Federal da Bahia - Escola de Enfermagem - <rlopes@ufba.br>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

This is a study with Heidegger‘s theoretical-phenomenological approach, which aimed at understanding the meanings of the lived period by the long-lived elderly person in the process of death/dying and mourning. It was conducted in 2009, with 16 long-lived seniors, of both genders, who were aged between 80 and 90 years, members of a coexistence center for elderly subjects, which is located in a suburban neighborhood of the city of Salvador/Bahia/Brazil. The results showed that the long-lived elderly person experiences the mourning status when nearby people start to get sick and die. Furthermore, they presented ambiguous speech regarding the fear of death. With the assigned meanings, it was possible to reach the unit of meaning: the authenticity and inauthenticity of the individual towards the death. We have concluded that the long-lived elderly person before the process of death/dying and mourning unveils and shows itself in accordance with the time in which he/she lives and the opportunities that are presented, i.e., is much influenced by his/her historicity.

Keywords:

People aged 80 or overAging ProcessDeathGrief

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Menezes, T. M. O., Lopes, R. L. M.. Meanings of the lived period by the long-lived elderly person in the process of death/dying and mourning.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Jul). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/meanings-of-the-lived-period-by-the-longlived-elderly-person-in-the-process-of-deathdying-and-mourning/13667?id=13667



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