DEPRESSIVE STATES, MOURNING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ELDERLY ADULTS, A CLAIM TO HELP FROM HERMENEUTICS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593542319076

• Palavras-chave: older adults, depression, grief, cognitive impairment, free association, floating attention.

• Keywords: older adults, depression, grief, cognitive impairment, free association, floating attention.

• Abstract:

  A qualitative, hermeneutical research was carried out, whose objective was: To test the resources of conversation and listening to identify cases of cognitive deterioration, depression and grief in the elderly and channel the cases of detected pathologies for their attention. . The observation unit was people aged 60 and over, both men and women. Two in-depth interviews were carried out where free expression was channeled so that the participants could verbalize their pain, their emotions and particular circumstances, without prior selection, judgment or censorship. The second interview followed the path of the first and the Minimental State Examination (MMSE) was applied in order to detect possible cognitive impairment. The research was carried out at the Centro de Salud Urbano Toluca, the Health Institute of the State of Mexico.