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[Reflexions about aging and work]
Rosangela Ferreira de Souza1, Hernani Aparecido Matias, Ana Cristina Passarella Brêtas
1Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. ro.brisa@uol.com.br
Abstract:
This qualitative research has the aim to know the meaning of the aging process in the work market referring to the aged people. Six aged persons have participated in this research. The data were collected through an interview and were analyzed using the technique of thematically analyze. Three analytical categories emerged: the meaning of aging/to be aged; the meaning of work; the meaning of aging in the work. Concluding, this paper reinforces the theory that the capitalist societies attach excessive value to the work in the human being life. When it isn't into the life--because of the retirement or the unemployment--it compromises the quality of aging/to be aged of the person, mainly if skills and (individual, social and economical) conditions will lack participation and priority to others activities and values in her/his life.
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