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Int J Aging Hum Dev · Jan 2008
Embracing opposites: meanings of growing old as narrated by people aged 85.
- Regina Santamäki Fischer, Astrid Norberg, and Berit Lundman.
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden. regina.santamaki.fischer@nurs.umu.se
- Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2008 Jan 1; 67 (3): 259-71.
AbstractMany 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.
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