Banca de DEFESA: LAISE RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LAISE RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS
DATE: 07/12/2023
TIME: 16:30
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/qws-yyya-rum
TITLE:

MEANINGS OF THE DIET OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY PEOPLE

KEY WORDS:

Institutionalized elderly; Meaning of Food; Socio-historical psychology.

PAGES: 96
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Nutrição
SUBÁREA: Análise Nutricional de População
SUMMARY:

The elderly's food consumption is influenced by changes in the family and social role historically constructed with eating practices. The individual-society relationship occurs in a process of mutual construction, and considering eating a historical process of dynamic construction highlights the importance of studying the subject/society relationship to understand the issues involved in the nutrition of institutionalized elderly people. Talking about food in the institutional context allows the individual to recall feelings and memories that make up their identity. In this sense, this work aims to understand the meanings and meanings of institutional food for elderly people living in long-term care institutions. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 22 elderly people of both sexes living in a public long-term care institution. For analysis, the organization into meaning cores was used with the help of MaxQDA (2022) for the stages of the systematic process of highlighting pre-indicators and grouping pre-indicators into indicators. The dissertation resulted in three articles “Food memories of institutionalized elderly people: An analysis of the meanings of food”, “Subjective complexities of food in aging: a study in a long-term care institution for the elderly” and “Food in a long-term care institution for the elderly: Residents' reports on challenges and strategies". The participants' food memories went back to their childhood and youth, as well as the activities related to meal preparation. The aging process and institutionalization are listed by participants as justification for naturalization and reduction of appetite. Listening carefully to residents about their diet can guide necessary changes in dietary planning, facilitating the adaptation process and generating positive experiences with the meals offered. Pre-institutionalization food memories constitute the meanings of institutional food, just as social construction permeates the identification of elderly subjects. In this sense, the care carried out in a broad manner in all its layers generates a positive impact on food consumption.

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