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- Aléx, Lena, et al.
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Lack of resilience among very old men and women : a qualitative gender analysis
- 2011
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1541-6577 .- 1945-7286. ; 25:4, s. 302-316
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- High degree of resilience has been described as an enduring positive view of life despite difficult circumstances during the aging process. How to become old and being old with low resilience have not been studied. The aim of this study was to illuminate experiences about becoming old and being old among very old people with low resilience. Interviews from very old women and men were analyzed using content analysis with the following themes identified: being out of it, emphasizing life experiences from the past, religious doubting, and accepting age. Except for religious doubting, the themes contained both similarities and variations between women and men. Our study showed that in spite of scoring low on the Resilience Scale (RS), very old persons can experience integration and well-being. However, the women seemed to be more vulnerable compared to men, and for them, it is important to strengthen social and relational possibilities for contributing to resilience.
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- Eggers, Thomas, et al.
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Nursing Staff's Understanding Expressions of People With Advanced Dementia Disease
- 2013
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1541-6577 .- 1945-7286. ; 27:1, s. 19-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- People with advanced dementia disease (ADD) are known to have communication difficulties and thus it presents a challenge in understanding the expressions of these people. Because successful communication presupposes cooperation at least between 2 individuals, both individual's actions must be acknowledged. The aim of this study is to describe nursing staff's ways of understanding the expressions of people with ADD when communicating with them. Interviews from 8 nursing staff were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Two themes were constructed: “Being in communication” and “Doing communication.” Being in communication means that nursing staff perceive people with ADD as being capable of communication. Doing communication means that nursing staff attempt different individualized strategies to understand what people with ADD communicate. Good care of people with ADD presupposes nursing staff that are willing and able to relate to other people and to maintain good care for people with ADD continuous education and supervision are needed.
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- Skaalvik, Mari Wolff, et al.
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Expressions of Sense of Self Among Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease
- 2016
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1541-6577 .- 1945-7286. ; 30:2, s. 161-175
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent research has challenged the previously held view that people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lack a sense of self, with several studies demonstrating that the sense of self is partially preserved, even in late stages of AD. The aim of this study was to examine how people with AD express their sense of self (Self 1-3) using the social constructionist theory of selfhood described by Harre (1998). Personal interviews were analyzed deductively. The participants narrated fragments of their life stories and expressed the fear of becoming a burden to family members and of nursing home placement. They expressed Self 1 (personal singularity or personal identity) without any problems, whereas their Self 2 (self-concept) attributes had undergone changes that they had learned to live with. The participants expressed surprisingly few problems with their narratives of Self 3 (social personae), that is, their accounts of interactions with other people. They reported being received positively when they were open about their diagnosis. These results provide further nuances that broaden our understanding of the process of preserving the sense of self, that is, simultaneously being the same and a different person.
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- Kim, Hesook Suzie, et al.
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Pain assessment in the perspective of action science
- 2006
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1541-6577 .- 1945-7286. ; 20:3, s. 215-228
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Pain assessment is examined in the perspective of action science with the aim to discover espoused theories and theories-in-use for pain assessment. In action science there are 2 sets of theories of action: espouse theories and theories-in-use, which often exist in practice inconsistently with each other resulting in haphazard actions. Espoused theories of pain and pain assessment and a set of theories-in-use were revealed. Alignments between the espoused theories and the theories-in-use, and disparities between these theories were found in the pain assessment situations. The findings point to possible explanations regarding problems in pain assessment, and provide insights into our understanding of nursing practice especially in relation to pain assessment.
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- Strandberg, Gunilla, 1957-, et al.
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Meaning of dependency on care as narrated by 10 patients
- 2003
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 1541-6577 .- 1945-7286. ; 17:1, s. 65-84
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article is part of an ongoing study that aims to illuminate the meaning of dependency on care. The aim of this particular study is to disclose the meaning of dependency on care as narrated by patients. We conducted interviews with patients (six men and four women) who had been in medical or surgical wards for at least 14 days. Seven of the patients were also interviewed one week after discharge. The participants ranged in age from 41 to 84 years old. The interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach was used to interpret the resulting text. The results show that to be dependent on care is to face the inevitability of not being able to manage by oneself--it is being attached to the nurses and bound to the care they offer. Being dependent on care involves a struggle to get care without treading on the nurses' toes. The nurses are one's lifelines and getting care is essential, no matter what. It is better to receive any form of care, good or bad, than to receive nothing. Being dependent on care is to be exposed and subjected to a nurse's ability and benevolence. One comprehensive understanding of the meaning of dependency on care is simply that "one does not saw off the branch one is sitting on." Furthermore, dependency on care involves a struggle to move forward in a life that hurts. Patients lose much of their freedom of choice in daily life and grieve their loss of ability and value. Patients may be able, however, to see things they would have never noticed earlier in life. Dependency on care is understood as one kind of "limit situation." Patients who are dependent on care may reevaluate their potential in life and gain another perspective on life.
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- Olsen, Henrik, et al.
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To the Editor
- 2014
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Ingår i: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. - Stockholm : The Endocrine Society. - 1945-7197 .- 0021-972X. ; 99:11, s. 1-2:2, s. 7-15
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- Öhlén, Joakim, 1958
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Violation of dignity in care-related situations
- 2004
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Ingår i: Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal. - 1541-6577. ; 18:4, s. 371-85
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study seeks to explore narratives of care-related violations for patients with life-threatening illness receiving palliative care. Narratives told in dialogues with the researcher were processed phenomenologically hermeneutically. Four structures of meanings are described: focal points in recalling the experiences, experienced consequences of being violated, relationships causing violation, and personal struggling. The phenomenon of care-related violations means a complex experience of suffering as being abandoned, confronted with hopelessness, and further wounded. This experience may be directed toward readiness to share, introspectiveness, willingness to comprehend the incomprehensible, the riskiness of facing others, and attentiveness to acts of caring. It can be experienced in various relationships to professionals, family members and friends, to the mass media, and to welfare systems. Care-related violating episodes reveal the vulnerability of the person who is already suffering and makes him or her still more wounded, when actually comfort is expected. To receive affirmation in the state of fragility with increased suffering provoked by care-related violations can contribute to a transformation from human degradation into dignity, finding meaning, or reaching reconciliation in suffering. PMID: 15776757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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