Perception of elderly people in cohabitation regarding their family relationships
International Journal of Development Research
Perception of elderly people in cohabitation regarding their family relationships
Received 17th September, 2018; Received in revised form 25th October, 2018; Accepted 20th November, 2018; Published online 26th December, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Ingrid Santos Torres et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To comprehend the perceptions of the elderly people in cohabitation regarding their Family relationships. Methods: It is a study with a qualitative approach and of descriptive and exploratory character. It was carried out with 71 elderly people registered in two Family Health Units in the city of Vitória da Conquista – Bahiawho displayed preserved cognitive conditions. There were collected the data through an interview comprising a semi-structured questionnaire with a guiding question during the months of December 2017 to June 2018, through household visits. Results: It was used the Thematic Content Analysis Technique, which created two central categories: Family relationships characterized by the well-being feeling; Family relationships characterized by the preoccupation’s feeling. Conclusion: The categories enabled a better comprehension of the elderly people perceptions regarding their cohabitation with their Family members being surround by harmonious and non-harmonious relations.
