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[Living and being health in human aging contextualized through oral history]
Marlene Teda Pelzer1, Juliana Vieira de Araujo Sandri
1Departamento de Enfermagem, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG. pelzer@ig.com.br
Abstract:
This is a qualitative study with a focus on aging in the healthy living process, through the Thematic Oral History. Eight interviews were conducted with elderly people, four of them belonging to the UNIVIDA extension project at UNIVALI and the other to the SESC elderly group-Florianópolis (SC). The spiritual dimensions, of gender, work, esthetics and the art of aging emerged from the narratives, allowing to contextualize the healthy aging process. This group of elderly people managed to break stereotypes or prejudices existing in our society, becoming agents of the changing mentality process.
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