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KMID : 0367020070190020178
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Journal of Korean Academic of Adult Nursing
2007 Volume.19 No. 2 p.178 ~ p.190
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Phenomenological Study on the Adaptation Experience on Nursing Home Admission among Senior Patients
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Jeong Jae-Yeon
Kim Yeong-Kyeong
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to explore the constituents and the structure of adaptation experiences in their everyday life among senior patients of a nursing home in order to provide nursing intervention data for the satisfaction and the improvement of life of senior patients by appreciating the nature of their adaptational experience.
Methods: The participants were five female and one male senior patients who were 65-years old or older and admitted at a nursing home in a metropolitan city. The interview data were analyzed by the Giorgi’s phenomenological analysis method.
Results: As the results of analysis, the following three constituents have been found out: retrospective focus based on the meaning of admission, expanding a view and facing reality, reconstructing views about the meaning of life and the world.
Conclusion: With the increasing number of seniors in facilities, nurses not only play a key role in caring seniors but also in managing their maladaptation. Thus, it is considered that the results obtained from the this study provide valuable information for both senior patients and their families as well as for nurses, by presenting the data about senior patients’ adaptational experiences of nursing home admission.
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