O asilo enquanto espaço e lugar: a institucionalização da velhice em Santa Maria-RS

Abstract

The nursing homes are places for residency conference elderly. These sites are for people with advanced ages who want or need support and protection. The study aimed to meet the space asylum, aging and everyday life experienced by elderly Shelter Spiritualist Oscar José Pithan in Santa Maria-RS. The research used the qualitative method, taking as reference the phenomenology. Population aging is occurring at the global, national, regional and local level, but the number of institutionalized elderly is still proportionately small. Through the study, we found that there is heterogeneity in the understanding and experience aging in a nursing home. Some seniors wanted to be inside the asylum, as demonstrated joy and contentment, others had aversion asylum space. Research has shown that people who live in a nursing home watching time and space in a way somewhat different society, realizing the time as something slower, slower than society is accustomed to experiencing. The daily life of the elderly is somewhat rhythmic, regulated by schedules that define the time to get up, eat, bathe, receive visits or to be medicated, but some seniors attempt to modify this routine, this routine with the different activities that are used . When interviewed the elderly, it was noticed that, when dealing with the subject age, most are considered to be living a good phase of life, despite the abandonment of some familiar and some of these seniors are presenting poor health. With regard to age of the elderly for the institution there is a reason homogeneous, ie, were presented several motivations for joining them at the shelter.