title: Filial care and the relationship with the elderly in families of different nationalities.
abstract: identify how filial care and the relationship with the elderly occur in families of different nationalities.
  qualitative study carried out in a town on the triple frontier of Paraná, comprising 33 elderly people of five different nationalities, adopting the Symbolic Interactionism and the Grounded Theory as theoretical-methodological strategy.
  among Lebanese people, the Muslim religion teaches children to obey and respect parents; among French, distant family relationships and institutions for the elderly stand out. Paraguayans hold close family relationships; Chinese people consider filial care as a tacit obligation; Brazilians, in turn, tend to embrace and take care of their parents in old age.
  family care prevailed, but the traditions of each society lead the actions of that care, demanding health professionals' capacity of recognizing in which context the elderly is inserted.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Centro de Educação, Letras e Saúde, Curso de Enfermagem. Foz do Iguaçu-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jossiana Wilke
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Centro de Educação, Letras e Saúde, Curso de Enfermagem. Foz do Iguaçu-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zilly
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem. Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Angela Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem. Maringá-PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010239:Paraguay / Q000208:ethnology; D036301:Qualitative Research