Filipino Arts Among Elders in Institutionalized Care Settings

The use of traditional art in recreational therapies is unexplored. This paper, thus, attempts to surface the unique power of traditional Filipino arts (TFA) as synergizing lens in capturing the individual and the collective experiences of a select group of Filipino elderly in an institutionalized c...

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Published in:Educational gerontology 2011-03, Vol.37 (3), p.248-261
Main Authors: de Guzman, Allan B., Satuito, James Cyril B., Satumba, Miko Anne E., Segui, Diego Rey A., Serquiña, Faith Evelyn C., Serrano, Lawrence Jan P., Sevilla, Madelyn D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art Products
Art Therapy
Asian people
Depression (Psychology)
Educational Research
Foreign Countries
Interviews
Mental depression
Older Adults
Older people
Phenomenology
Philippines
Residential Care
Self Esteem
Semi Structured Interviews
Therapy
Trust
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Summary:The use of traditional art in recreational therapies is unexplored. This paper, thus, attempts to surface the unique power of traditional Filipino arts (TFA) as synergizing lens in capturing the individual and the collective experiences of a select group of Filipino elderly in an institutionalized care setting relative to their feelings of depression and self-esteem. Three Filipino elderly housed in an institutionalized care setting were chosen for this phenomenological study, a robotfoto and a series of semistructured interviews constitute the main data gathering tool. Field texts were subjected to phenomenological reduction via the repertory grid analysis. Emerged themes were subjected to a series of member checking procedures to ensure the trustworthiness of the reported data. Depression and self-esteem were interpreted via two emerged themes. The themes were Me, Myself, and Melancholy and Will Not Let My Worth Wither. Through recreational therapies in the form of traditional Filipino arts, participants found novel psychological crutches that overcame the challenges of depression and give them hope toward more positive views of themselves and life.
ISSN:0360-1277
1521-0472
DOI:10.1080/03601270903534937