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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
"We clean our houses, prepare for weddings and go to funerals": Daily lives of elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Volume 22, No. 4, Year 2007
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Description
This ethnographic study aims to identify and describe how a group of elderly African people in South Africa experience their daily life and related concerns and interests. Data were collected through group interviews involving 16 elderly persons and complementary field observations. The data were analysed using a qualitative content analysis. From the analysis following sub-themes emerged: 1. Lack of basic resources; 2. Routines in daily life; 3. Experience of unsafe conditions; 4. "The disease"-HIV/AIDS. The results have been discussed according to the following themes: keeping normality and changing society. The study illuminates the varied experiences in daily life, including lack of basic resources, experience of unsafe conditions, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its consequences for the elderly as contributors to the extended family. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bohman, Doris M.
Sweden, Karlskrona
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Vasuthevan, Sharon
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
van Wyk, Neltjie C.
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Ekman, Sirkka Liisa
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10823-007-9040-8
ISSN:
01693816
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Ethnographic Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
South Africa