Sociodemographic profile and narratives of older adults those who already lived in loneliness before the covid 19 syndemic
The data and narratives presented in this study describe how urgent is to understandthe challenges and opportunities of the heterogeneity of aging, especially in an age-based society that historically isolates the most long-lived individuals. This article analyzes the results of intervie...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repository: | Revista de Estudos Antiutilitaristas e Poscoloniais |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/248751 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/realis/article/view/248751 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | loneliness syndemic Covid-19 elderly ageism solidão sindemia pessoa idosa ageismo |
| Summary: | The data and narratives presented in this study describe how urgent is to understandthe challenges and opportunities of the heterogeneity of aging, especially in an age-based society that historically isolates the most long-lived individuals. This article analyzes the results of interviews with people aged 60 or over who live in two Long-Term Institutions in the Federal District in Brazil, from August to December 2019. The ageism construct is adopted as the theoretical perspective of the study. It was observed that the majority of older adults already lived in loneliness, even before the global circulation of SARS COV-2. The current COVID 19 syndemic has the potential to intensify the social isolation and perception of loneliness already experienced by older persons, but it also has the potential to create new forms of sociability and intergenerational solidarity networks. |
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