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Elderly and forced displacement in Colombia.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud Country of Publication: Colombia NLM ID: 9212578 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1657-9534 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01208322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Colomb Med (Cali) Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: enero/marzo 2009- : Cali, Colombia : Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Salud
      Original Publication: [Cali, Colombia : Universidad del Valle
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    • Abstract:
      Objective: To describe the experiences of older adults around forced displacement due to the Colombian armed conflict.
      Methods: Interpretive-comprehensive study, with a hermeneutical approach; several types of sampling were carried out. The participants were 12 people aged over 60 years, who reported having being displaced and who participated in the SABE Colombia Survey. The data were encoded using the Atlas.ti software. A process of condensation of central analytical, support and emerging categories was made.
      Results: The displacement generated by the armed conflict has been decisive in the current life conditions of the participants. They know that they are survivors of someone else's violence; there is dislocation, loss of territory, de-anchoring, lack of protection and insecurity. To the stigma of old age, it is added being displaced and being strangers in a place where they don't belong. They live the violent uprooting of their lands and the confusion of their identity; they found themselves in a foreign scene where they were the unusual and the strangers; from receiving threats, they passed to be labeled as 'threatening'. This forced displacement stems from violence, but also from fear, and it marks the trajectory of life for older people who experience a prolonged struggle for survival in often hostile environments, living "permanently" displaced.
      Conclusion: When there is displacement, older people are not only shed of their land and their home, but also from their cosmos and their vital referents; in addition, it changes their life trajectory and their place in the world. Interventions should be designed based on specific particular and contextual analyses.
      Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: There are no conflicts of interest
      (Copyright © 2019 Universidad del Valle.)
    • References:
      Confl Health. 2014 Jul 11;8:10. (PMID: 25076981)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Aged; Colombia; Life change events; Old age; armed conflicts; forced displacement; quality of life; refugees; symbolic interactionism; violence
      Local Abstract: [Publisher, Spanish; Castilian] Describir las vivencias y experiencias de adultos mayores en torno al desplazamiento forzado por efectos del conflicto armado. [Publisher, Spanish; Castilian] Estudio interpretativo-comprensivo, con un enfoque hermenéutico. Los participantes fueron 12 personas mayores de 60 años que reportaron haber sido desplazadas y que participaron en de la Encuesta SABE Colombia. Los datos se codificaron utilizando el software Atlas.ti. Se hizo un proceso de condensación de categorías analíticas centrales, de soporte y emergentes. [Publisher, Spanish; Castilian] El desplazamiento generado por el conflicto armado ha sido decisivo en las actuales condiciones de vida de los participantes. Saben que son sobrevivientes de una violencia ajena, hay desubicación, desterritorializacion, desanclaje, desprotección, inseguridad. Al estigma de la vejez se le suma el ser desplazados y extraños en un lugar donde no tienen lugar. Viven el desarraigo violento de sus tierras, la confusión de su identidad, se encontraron en un escenario ajeno donde ellos eran los raros y los extraños, de recibir amenazas pasaron al señalamiento de ser amenazantes. Este desplazamiento forzado nace de la violencia, pero también del miedo y marca la trayectoria de vida a las personas mayores quienes experimentan una prolongada lucha por la supervivencia en entornos a menudo hostiles, viven desplazados "permanentemente". [Publisher, Spanish; Castilian] Cuando hay desplazamiento, las personas mayores no solo se despojan de su tierra, de su casa, sino de su cosmos, de sus referentes vitales y se modifica su trayectoria de vida y su lugar en el mundo. Las intervenciones deben ser diseñadas basadas en análisis particulares y contextuales específicos.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20191015 Date Completed: 20200227 Latest Revision: 20220410
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6774583
    • Accession Number:
      10.25100/cm.v50i2.4009
    • Accession Number:
      31607763