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Living Amidst Consolation in the Presence of God Perceptions of Consolation Among the Oldest Old: The Umeå 85+ Study

ABSTRACT This study describes how 90-year-olds and older people perceive consolation. Qualitative Content analysis of 49 interviews revealed four categories: consolation by God; consolation from others; consolation from self; and consolation from things, which were present in two themes. The theme “Living amidst consolation in the presence of God” was a core theme and expresses consolation as self-evident and based on a relation to God, others, self, and things. The theme “Seeking consolation,” expresses consolation from self, others, things, or God. Interviewees in some cases regretted that they had no religious faith. Reasonably, most interviewees referred to religious consolation, as religion had been so closely connected with the word “consolation” all their lives.