Index de Enfermeria
Volume 26, Issue 3, 2017

International migration retirement. Self-care group processes among British immigrants retirees [Migración internacional de retiro. Procesos de autocuidado grupales entre inmigrantes británicos jubilados] (Article)

Conesa Inglés M.J.* , Roldán Chicano M.T. , Rodríguez Tello J. , Bueno García M.J. , Berenguer García N. , Dávila Martínez R.
  • a Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
  • b Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
  • c Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
  • d Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
  • e Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
  • f Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

Abstract

Objective: Identify group self-managed dependence care practices between British immigrants residents in Region de Murcia. Methods: Qualitative research with ethnographic methodological approach. Population: retired British immigrants resident in Mazarrón (Murcia). Strategies for collecting data were in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. Results: The data is structured into 5 categories "Practice self-care network," "Friends and Family", "Sociability and identity spaces", "Perception of the health system in Spain" and "Expectations of future care planning at the end of life". Conclusions: The analysis of self-care practices of immigrant British retirees, shows us a group that manages, partly, dependence through "collaborative care systems" which contrasts with the poor elderly associations in Spain. © 2017, Fundacion Index. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

culture Self care Self-help group Health of the elderly Immigration

Index Keywords

perception Spain human immigrant Aged expectation retirement identity resident Article qualitative research interview group process immigration friend pensioner self help
Link
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ISSN: 11321296
Original Language: Spanish