Engelsk titel: The nursing home residents pursuit towards integrity and dignity
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Författare:
Stabell A
;
Lindström UÅ
Email: stabell@su.hio.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 14
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 04013811
Sammanfattning
The purpose of this hermeneutic
study is to describe and discuss
meaningful experiences as
they appear through talks with
residents in a Norwegian
Nursing Home.
The question at issue is: In what
way do the residents keep up their
feelings of integrity and dignity?
The investigation is based on the
philosophy of Gadamer. The investigators
fore-understanding is
also influenced by other theoretical
works, thus exploring a relation
between integrity, dignity
and the experience of control.
The empirical part of the study is
based on interviews using a sample
of five residents from three
wards in one nursing home in the
Oslo region. The data are analysed
by three steps.
The result show that elderly people
in increasing need of other
peoples help, is vulnerable to loss
of dignity and integrity. The staffs
interaction pattern is one crucial
item. In addition, being relocated
to a nursing home, makes it
necessary to compensate old
values with new ones, or enhance
existing values. This correspond
with other comparable research
findings. In order to experience
control it seems necessary to
exchange old values to new ones.