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Older migrants' experience of existential loneliness.

Jonas OlofssonMargareta RämgårdKatarina Sjögren-ForssAnn-Cathrine Bramhagen
Published in: Nursing ethics (2021)
This study indicates that the experience of existential loneliness derived from being a migrant is a long-term and significant process. Migration was a hope of creating a meaningful life, the experience of existential loneliness occurred as migrants sought reconciliation with life, reflected upon their past choices, and thought about death and dying in a foreign country.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • palliative care
  • depressive symptoms
  • middle aged
  • community dwelling