ARTICLE
The Burkinabe system of maintaining elders in functional autonomy at home: analysis focused on the actors of the city of Bobo-Dioulasso
- Anthropologie & développement , 40-41 : 182-183
Lien de l'article :
https://doi.org/10.4000/anthropodev.339
Discipline :
Sociologie
Auteur(s) :
Abdramane Berthé
Auteur(s) tagués :
BERTHE Abdramane
Renseignée par : BERTHE Abdramane
Résumé
In sub-Saharan Africa, the system of maintaining older persons (60 years or more) in functional autonomy has been little studied. This thesis was conducted in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to describe/analyze this system through a 12 months longitudinal study (2011-2012). Quantitative data were collected from a represen-tative sample of the elderly population (362 people) using questionnaires PRISMA and SMAF. These data were analyzed using Stata software. Qualitative data were collected from...
Mots-clés
older adults, functional autonomy, home care, informal care, family caregivers, elderly care system, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, aging in place