Integrative review about the mourning of the elderly

The article presents a study that aimed to identify the literature that includes the elaboration of mourning for the elderly. The search took place in July and August 2019 in the following databases: BVS Saúde, Scielo, RedAlyc, and PubMed, between 2009 and 2018. 23, 679 articles were found in the fi...

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Autores: Oliveira, Danielle Provazi Cunha, Henriques, Patricia Jácome, Santos, Alvaro da Silva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
Repositorio:Revista M (Rio de Janeiro)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.seer.unirio.br:article/10279
Acceso en línea:https://seer.unirio.br/revistam/article/view/10279
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Luto
Idoso
Envelhecimento
Morte
Mourning
Elderly
Aging
Death
Anciano
Envejecimiento
Muerte
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Sumario:The article presents a study that aimed to identify the literature that includes the elaboration of mourning for the elderly. The search took place in July and August 2019 in the following databases: BVS Saúde, Scielo, RedAlyc, and PubMed, between 2009 and 2018. 23, 679 articles were found in the first search, of which 207 were selected. After reading, 29 integrated the review, and 176 articles were excluded. Of these 29 articles, 13 were found in Pubmed, 8 in Scielo, 7 in BVS Saúde, and 1 in Redalyc. From the readings, four categories were built: grief for physical death, grief for the loss, complicated grief, and Anticipatory grief. The exploration of the literature on physical losses was highlighted, such as the death of loved ones and their mourning process, widowhood experiences, and the elaboration of anticipated or complicated losses. A lack of attributions in the literature on the investigation of symbolic losses was identified.