[Friendship relationship in the geriatric institution].
This article aims at understanding what the friend and friendship represent for the elderly in the context of the geriatric home. One utilized the qualitative approach while the techniques for data collection were: thematic interview and indirect participant observation. The collection period was from April to June 2003, in a geriatric home located in the city of Salvador, Bahia. 15 elderly subjects were interviewed. The used analysis was of thematic contents. We understood that the definition of friend and friendship for the institutionalized elderly is associated with his shortages in the life of the geriatric home. One comes to the conclusion that the friendship relations established transcend ages, cultures and physical conditions.
Silva
Cátia Andrade
CA
Faculdade de Tecnologias e Ciências (FTC) de Salvador, BA. aitac-sa@bol.com.br
de Menezes
Maria do Rosário
Mdo R
Santos
Ana Carla Petersen de Oliveira
AC
Carvalho
Lucimeire Santos
LS
Barreiros
Edileide Xavier
EX
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D003625:Data Collection; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires