Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: to understand the changes that occur in professors' lifestyle after retirement with regard to self-care. METHODS: qualitative research that used Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical framework and Grounded Theory, a constructivist approach, as a methodological framework. Data were collected in 2022, through remote interviews with 18 professors from a public university in northwestern Paraná. RESULTS: with retirement, professors have greater availability and flexibility in their schedules, favoring positive changes in lifestyle, with greater appreciation of self-care actions, such as physical exercise and healthy eating, taking care of appearance, stimulating memory, a more active social life and adopting hobbies, expressed in the category "Enjoying retirement and taking up new activities". FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: retired professors, influenced by their social interactions with friends, family, healthcare professionals and co-workers throughout their lives, at this particular stage, tend to value self-care more.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $247
OpenAlex ID: W4411494326