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Gerontologist. 2013 Dec;53(6):919-27. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt034. Epub 2013 Apr 26.
This cross-national qualitative study explores how very old people reflect upon relocation and aging in place.
Swedish and German data are utilized in this study. About 80 community-living participants, 80-89 years of age, were interviewed with open-ended questions at home by trained interviewers. The interviews were analyzed by using conventional qualitative content analyses.
Reasoning about relocation or aging in place in very old age is a complex and ambivalent matter. A variety of reflections, emotions, and behaviors for and against a move are revealed. Reasons to move reflect the urge to maintain independence, to stay in control, and to avoid loneliness. This is mainly expressed reactively. Reasons not to move reflect a strong attachment to the home and neighborhood. Moreover, reasons not to move reflect practical aspect such as economy and strain, as well as fear of losing continuity of habits and routines.
There is a need for society to develop counseling systems to meet very old people's ambivalence and practical considerations to move or not to move. Thus, the ambivalence to stay put or to relocate needs to be further explored from an applied perspective by also taking nonmovers into account.
本跨国定性研究探讨了非常老年人如何思考搬迁和原地老化。
本研究使用了瑞典和德国的数据。大约 80 名 80-89 岁的社区居住参与者在家中接受了经过培训的访谈者的开放式问题访谈。访谈采用常规的定性内容分析进行分析。
在非常高龄时思考搬迁或原地老化是一个复杂而矛盾的问题。揭示了各种支持和反对搬迁的思考、情感和行为。搬迁的理由反映了保持独立、掌控和避免孤独的强烈愿望。这主要是反应性地表达的。不搬迁的理由反映了对家庭和社区的强烈依恋。此外，不搬迁的理由反映了经济和压力等实际方面，以及对失去习惯和日常生活连续性的恐惧。
社会需要发展咨询系统，以满足非常老年人对搬迁或不搬迁的矛盾心理和实际考虑。因此，需要从应用的角度进一步探讨对原地不动或搬迁的矛盾心理，同时也要考虑到不搬迁者。
