De Juan Pardo Ma Ángeles, Russo María Teresa, Roqué Sánchez María Victoria
Department of Nursing, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
Department of Educational Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy; Institute of Philosophy of Scientific & Technological Practice, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
Geriatr Nurs. 2018 Jan-Feb;39(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.04.010. Epub 2017 Jun 3.
Although there have been some studies that explore the meaning of aging and give voice to older people, the impact that the aging experience can have on them justifies continued research in this area. In this study, with a hermeneutic phenomenological design and an interpretation method inspired by the philosophy of Ricoeur, we conducted in-depth interviews with 14 elderly people at a social day center in Rome (Italy). The analysis revealed three central themes associated with the experience of being old: changes and limitations related with being aged, the experience that comes from having lived a long life, and an awareness of death. The findings could help health professionals, families and caregivers to achieve a deeper understanding of what old age entails, and may also serve as a platform for interventions that seek to enable older people to experience aging as a meaningful and positive process.
尽管已经有一些研究探讨了衰老的意义并让老年人发声，但衰老经历对他们可能产生的影响证明了在这一领域持续开展研究的合理性。在本研究中，我们采用诠释现象学设计和受利科哲学启发的解释方法，对意大利罗马一家社会日间照料中心的14位老年人进行了深入访谈。分析揭示了与老年经历相关的三个核心主题：与衰老相关的变化和局限、长寿带来的体验以及对死亡的认知。这些研究结果有助于健康专业人员、家庭和照料者更深入地理解老年意味着什么，也可能成为干预措施的一个平台，旨在使老年人能够将衰老体验为一个有意义且积极的过程。
