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Grief in the elderly: a qualitative content analysis.

Roya Marsa¹, Bahman Bahmani², Abbas Ebadi³

¹Department of Counseling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

|July 19, 2025

Summary

Grief in the elderly is a unique, multidimensional experience encompassing loneliness and threats to psychological, physical, social, and meaning aspects of life. Understanding these facets is crucial for geriatric health support.

Keywords:

Elderly Grief Qualitative Content Analysis

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Gerontology
Psychology
Sociology

Background:

Grief is a universal, yet poorly defined, experience in the elderly.
Lack of consensus on grief's theoretical or empirical definition hinders understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

To interpret the concept of grief from the perspective of Iranian elderly individuals.
To provide a nuanced understanding of grief experiences in older adults.

Main Methods:

Qualitative conventional content analysis.
In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 16 elderly participants (aged 60-85).
Purposive sampling with maximum variance.

Main Results:

Six core categories emerged: unique experience, loneliness, psychological threat, physical threat, social threat, and meaning threat.
Grief is perceived as a unique experience linked to loneliness and threats to overall well-being.
Identified threats encompass psychological, physical, social, and existential dimensions.

Conclusions:

Grief in the elderly is a unique experience characterized by loneliness and threats to life's meaning and overall health.
Findings aid healthcare teams in understanding and supporting the grief process in older adults.
Results can inform interventions and assessments to promote geriatric health.