[The difficulty of growing old far from home]

Abstract

Somatic difficulties, solitude and the loss of independence are challenges facing ageing people, whatever their culture. However, when one is far from one's home, one's country, one's family, in a complex political and social context, this stage of life can be even more of an ordeal.

Keywords: autonomie; autonomy; culture; elderly person; loss; migration; personne âgée; perte; trauma.