Older migrants’ experience of existential loneliness
| العنوان: | Older migrants’ experience of existential loneliness |
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| المؤلفون: | Katarina Sjögren-Forss, Ann-Cathrine Bramhagen, Margareta Rämgård, Jonas Olofsson |
| المصدر: | Nursing Ethics |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Gerontology, Aging, Population ageing, Existentialism, interviews, Nursing, migrants, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Global issue, medicine, Humans, Vulnerable population, 030212 general & internal medicine, Qualitative Research, older adults, Aged, Transients and Migrants, Experience, 030504 nursing, Ethical issues, Omvårdnad, Loneliness, existential loneliness, Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Original Manuscripts, medicine.symptom, Existential loneliness, 0305 other medical science, Psychology |
| الوصف: | Background: With rapidly ageing population worldwide, loneliness among older adults is becoming a global issue. Older migrants are considered being a vulnerable population and ethical issues are often raised in care for elderly. A deeper sense of loneliness, existential loneliness is one aspect of loneliness also described as the ultimate loneliness. Making oneself understood or expressing emotions, have shown to be particularly challenging for older migrants which could lead to experience of existential loneliness. Ageing and being a migrant are potential triggers for experiencing existential loneliness. There appears to be, however, little known about being a migrant experiencing existential loneliness in old age. Aim: This study explored older migrants’ experience of existential loneliness. Research design: Qualitative study. Participants and research context: Data were collected through interviews (n = 15) with older (>65) migrants’ in Swedish nursing homes or senior citizen centres. A thematic analysis was performed to analyse the data. Ethical considerations: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of research ethics. Findings: The result was described in terms of three themes: (1) Choices made in life, (2) seeking reconciliation with life and (3) thoughts about death and dying in a foreign country. Discussion: Ethical reflection and knowledge about how older migrants’ life story can lead to experiencing existential loneliness, could be of use in care for older migrants’. Conclusion: This study indicates that the experience of existential loneliness derived from being a migrant is a long-term and significant process. Migration was a hope of creating a meaningful life, the experience of existential loneliness occurred as migrants sought reconciliation with life, reflected upon their past choices, and thought about death and dying in a foreign country. |
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| تدمد: | 1477-0989 0969-7330 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::10ad94c37cf0874d8e76905ae56e8a4dTest https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733021994167Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....10ad94c37cf0874d8e76905ae56e8a4d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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