Engelsk titel: Have a nice day! To live in a nursing home
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Författare:
Carlsson L
;
Dahlberg K
Email: lena.e.carlsson@vgregion.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 17
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 02043068
Sammanfattning
This study describes the meaning
of living in a Swedish nursinghome,
and the thoughts, experiences
and feelings of an elderly person
who no longer can remain in
his/her home. The method of the
study is qualitative. The interviews
took place in the care-taker´s
appartments in the nursinghomes,
and were analyzed with a
phenomenological approach.
The result of the study is described
in four themes: to need help,
to accept a necessary change, the
need to be somebody in the new
home and the need of community.
The essence, i.e. the deepest meaning
of the examined phenomenon
is loneliness in the community.
One aspect of the loneliness
is losses of next-of-kins. Due to
deteriorations of sight and hearing,
enfeebleness and mental
confusion in the care-takers and
the other residents of the nursinghome,
they have diffuculties in
getting new relations. Another
aspect is that the care-givers due
to a heavy work load have little
time to keep the care-takers company
and thus ease their loneliness.
The care-takers don´t want
to complain, even though they
only get their physical needs fulfilled,
such as personal hygiene,
cleaning and medical care