Jossiana Wilke Faller1, Adriana Zilly1, Angela Maria Alvarez2, Sonia Silva Marcon3. 1. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Centro de Educação, Letras e Saúde, Curso de Enfermagem. Foz do Iguaçu-PR, Brasil. 2. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem. Florianópolis-SC, Brasil. 3. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem. Maringá-PR, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: : identify how filial care and the relationship with the elderly occur in families of different nationalities. METHOD: : qualitative study carried out in a town on the triple frontier of Paraná, comprising 33 elderly people of five different nationalities, adopting the Symbolic Interactionism and the Grounded Theory as theoretical-methodological strategy. RESULTS: : among Lebanese people, the Muslim religion teaches children to obey and respect parents; among French, distant family relationships and institutions for the elderly stand out. Paraguayans hold close family relationships; Chinese people consider filial care as a tacit obligation; Brazilians, in turn, tend to embrace and take care of their parents in old age. CONCLUSION: : family care prevailed, but the traditions of each society lead the actions of that care, demanding health professionals' capacity of recognizing in which context the elderly is inserted.
OBJECTIVE: : identify how filial care and the relationship with the elderly occur in families of different nationalities. METHOD: : qualitative study carried out in a town on the triple frontier of Paraná, comprising 33 elderly people of five different nationalities, adopting the Symbolic Interactionism and the Grounded Theory as theoretical-methodological strategy. RESULTS: : among Lebanese people, the Muslim religion teaches children to obey and respect parents; among French, distant family relationships and institutions for the elderly stand out. Paraguayans hold close family relationships; Chinese people consider filial care as a tacit obligation; Brazilians, in turn, tend to embrace and take care of their parents in old age. CONCLUSION: : family care prevailed, but the traditions of each society lead the actions of that care, demanding health professionals' capacity of recognizing in which context the elderly is inserted.