Meaning Assigned by the Elderly to the Experience at a Long Stay Institution: Contributions for the Nursing Care1
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It is an ethnographic study which aims to interpret the meaning attributed by the elderly to the experience at a Long Stay Institution for the Elderly, in the municipality of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The information was collected by participant observation and ethnographic interviews, between January and August 2010, at a private and for-profit institution, and it was analyzed in domains, taxonomies and cultural theme. The key informants were elderly residents chosen by criteria of inclusion. Cultural domains that emerged were: reasons that led to live in the institution; ways of living; daily activities; activities promoted by the institution; feelings attributed to the experience; institution attributes; residents attributes and the cultural theme: in search of the nectar of life. This experience meant to the elderly the possibility of being cared, broadly understood as maintenance of life and well-being optimization, and also implying in actions of nursing care. DESCRIPTORS: Aged. Homes for the aged. Research. Nursing. Anthropology, Cultural. SIGNIFICADO ATRIBUÍDO PELOS IDOSOS À VIVÊNCIA EM UMA INSTITUIÇÃO DE LONGA PERMANÊNCIA: CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA O CUIDADO DE ENFERMAGEM RESUMO: Trata-se de estudo etnográfico com o objetivo de interpretar o significado atribuído pelos idosos à vivência em uma Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos, do município de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. As informações foram coletadas por meio de observação participante e entrevista etnográfica, em uma instituição de caráter privado com fins lucrativos, no período de janeiro a agosto de 2010, e analisadas em domínios, taxonomias e tema cultural. Os informantes-chave foram idosos residentes, selecionados mediante critérios de inclusão. Emergiram os domínios culturais: motivos que levaram a viver na instituição; maneiras de viver: atividades do cotidiano; atividades promovidas pela instituição; sentimentos atribuídos à vivência; atributos da instituição; e atributos das pessoas residentes; e o tema cultural: em busca do néctar da vida. Essa vivência significou para os idosos a possibilidade de ser cuidado, compreendido de forma abrangente, como manutenção da vida e otimização do bem-estar, implicando em ações de cuidado de enfermagem. DESCRITORES: Idoso. Instituição de longa permanência para idosos. Pesquisa. Enfermagem. Antropologia, Cultural. SIGNIFICADO ATRIBUIDO POR LOS ANCIANOS A LA VIVENCIA EN UNA INSTITUCIÓN DE LARGA PERMANENCIA: CONTRIBUCIONES A LOS CUIDADOS DE ENFERMERÍA RESUMEN: Se trata de un estudio etnográfico con el objetivo de interpretar el significado atribuido por los ancianos a la vivencia en una Institución de Larga Permanencia para Ancianos en Curitiba, Paraná. La información fue recopilada a través de la observación participante y entrevistas etnográficas en una institución de carácter privado con fines de lucro en el período de enero a agosto de 2010 y analizadas en dominios, taxonomías y tema cultural. Los informantes clave fueron los residentes seleccionados por criterios de inclusión. Surgieron los dominios culturales: razones para vivir en institución; formas de vida: las actividades diarias; actividades promovidas por la institución; sentimientos atribuidos a la experiencia; atributos de la institución; las personas que residen y el tema cultural: la búsqueda del néctar de la vida. Esta vivencia significó a los ancianos la posibilidad de cuidado en un sentido amplio como el mantenimiento de la vida y expansión del bienestar, lo que implica acciones de cuidado de enfermería. DESCRIPTORES: Anciano. Hogares para ancianos. Investigación. Enfermería. Antropología cultural. 495
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