Embracing Opposites: Meanings of Growing Old as Narrated by People Aged 85

Autor/inn/en	Fischer, Regina Santamaki; Norberg, Astrid; Lundman, Berit
Titel	Embracing Opposites: Meanings of Growing Old as Narrated by People Aged 85
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 67 (2008) 3, S.259-271 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Hermeneutics; Older Adults; Interviews; Aging (Individuals); Time; Psychological Patterns; Attitudes; Risk; Diseases; Physical Health; Personal Narratives; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hermeneutik; Älterer Erwachsener; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Aging; Altern; Zeit; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Risiko; Disease; Krankheit; Gesundheitszustand; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Many old people suffer from prolonged and multiple bodily ailments, new diseases, and increased risk for disadvantages and losses in life. Aging also means becoming mature and wise. This study illuminates the meaning of the lived experience with respect to changes in late life. Using a phenomenological hermeneutic method, this study analyzes transcribed interviews of 15 85-year-old people. Four themes were formulated: "embracing weakness and strength," "embracing slowness and swiftness of time," "embracing reconciliation and regret," and "embracing connectedness and loneliness." From these analyses, growing old was described as--"maintaining one's identity in spite of the changes that come with aging and, embracing opposites--being changed and feeling being the same." (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10