Configurações de vida na nelhice

Vaz, Ester; Silva, Berta; Sousa, Isilda

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Vaz, Ester

Silva, Berta

Sousa, Isilda

Abstract(s)

O objectivo central deste artigo assenta na procura de uma visibilidade das formas de sentir a condição de vida na velhice, por pessoas que vivem sós. Foram analisadas vivências de pessoas que frequentam o Centro de Dia, em espaço urbano, relacionadas com as interacções que estabelecem com os familiares e seus pares do centro de dia, a importância do apoio institucional na suas vidas, a forma como encaram a velhice e as formas de sentir a sua velhice. This paper aims to highlight the self-perception of old age by lonely elderly people. The daily practices of old age pensioners that attend a Day Centre in an urban context were studied, in order to analyse the interactions established with their own relatives and their Day Centre peers. Particular attention was also paid to the relevance of the institutional support, to their self-perceptions of old age and to their own experiences.