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dc.contributor.authorHøy, Bente
dc.contributor.authorLillestø, Britt
dc.contributor.authorSlettebø, Åshild
dc.contributor.authorSæteren, Berit
dc.contributor.authorHeggestad, Anne Kari Tolo
dc.contributor.authorCaspari, Synnøve
dc.contributor.authorAasgaard, Trygve
dc.contributor.authorLohne, Vibeke
dc.contributor.authorRehnsfeldt, Arne Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorRåholm, Maj-Britt
dc.contributor.authorLindwall, Lillemor
dc.contributor.authorNåden, Dagfinn
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T09:16:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-31T11:18:57Z
dc.date.available2016-09-13T09:16:38Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T11:18:57Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-19
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Nursing Studies 2016, 60:91-98language
dc.identifier.issn1873-491X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/4628
dc.description.abstractBackground . Older people, living in nursing homes, are exposed to diverse situations, which may be associated with loss of dignity. To help them maintain their dignity, it is important to explore, how dignity is preserved in such context. Views of dignity and factors influencing dignity have been studied from both the residents ́ and the care providers ́ perspective. However, most of these studies pertain to experiences in the dying or the illness context. Knowledge is scarce about how older people experience their dignity within their everyday lives in nursing homes. Aim To illuminate the meaning of maintaining dignity from the perspective of older people living in nursing homes Method . This qualitative study is based on individual interviews. Twenty-eight nursing home residents were included from six nursing homes in Scandinavia. A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach, inspired by Ricoeur was used to understand the meaning of the narrated text. Results. The meaning of maintaining dignity was constituted in a sense of vulnerability to the self, and elucidated in three major interrelated themes: Being involved as a human being, being involved as the person one is and strives to become, and being involved as an integrated member of the society. Conclusion. The results reveal that maintaining dignity in nursing homes from the perspective of the residents can be explained as a kind of ongoing identity process based on opportunities to be involved, and confirmed in interaction with significant others.language
dc.language.isoenlanguage
dc.publisherElsevierlanguage
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licenselanguage
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectDignitylanguage
dc.subjectNursing homeslanguage
dc.subjectElderlylanguage
dc.subjectVulnerabilitylanguage
dc.titleMaintaining dignity in vulnerability: A qualitative study of the residents' perspective on dignity in nursing homeslanguage
dc.typePeer reviewedlanguage
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2016-09-13T09:16:38Z
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dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.03.011
dc.identifier.cristin1372789


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