title: [Elderly residents in homes for the aged: adjustment in the light of Callista Roy].
abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the adaptation of elderly individuals voluntarily reside in Institution for the Aged (LTCF) in the city of Fortaleza-CE, based on the theoretical model of Roy. Descriptive study, in a IPLI involving thirteen elderly residents. Data collect was through interviews in the months of October and December 2011 and organized by thematic content analysis. The following themes has emerged: I Physical subdivided into body sensation and body image; Staff and I, subdivided into self-consistency and auto ideal be moral-ethical-spiritual. Thus, the option to live in ILPI not effectively changed the lives of elderly people. They managed to adapt to the local and coexist well with internal and external stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Célia de
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Vilani Cavalcante
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Francisca Tereza
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: de Galiza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jéssica de Menezes
authors.initials: Jde M
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marília Ribeiro
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Onofre
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological