title: Balancing within various discourses--the art of being old and living as a Sami woman.
abstract: The aim of this part of the Umeå 85+ Study was to explore how indigenous women narrate their lives and their experience of being old as Sami women. Interviews with 9 old Sami women were analyzed using grounded theory. The categories identified were "reindeer as the basis of life," "longing for significant Sami values," "feeling valued as a Sami woman," and "changing for survival;" these evolved into the core category: "balancing within various discourses-the art of being old and living as a Sami woman." Knowing how to balance provided the ability to make use of available opportunities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. lena.alex@nurs.umu.se
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aléx
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hammarström
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norberg
authors.forename: Berit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lundman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008019:Life Style; D033262:Narration; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health