Salud, enfermedad y cuidado de adultos mayores inmigrantes

Abstract

Objective: it was to describe the health, disease and care of immigrant older adults living in the Mezquital in Northeastern Mexican coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Method: an ethnographic research was conducted with long stays in the study site, participant observation and open interviews to 15 participants, during january 2016 through february 2017. Data obtained was validated through a triangulation technique. Results: recurring patterns of meaning of health were: feel good, have a family, have money, where they live; of disease were personal knowledge, physical activity, food and faith; in care were identified: medication, diagnostic tests and surgeries. Conclusions: to know the meaning of health, illness and care of major adults allowed identifying patterns appellants who affect culturally on what helps the person it is to be well and what the sick person or it harms him, reflecting the care from the environment of the hearth. The investigation from cultural perspective, promotes a natural field of care established in the understanding and cultural comprehension to offer culturally coherent care. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]