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KMID : 0895020040070010024
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Chungnam Journal of Nursing Academy
2004 Volume.7 No. 1 p.24 ~ p.36
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Meaning of the Elderly for Dementia center nurse
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Park In-Sook
Lee Joung-Ae
Kwak Myung-Soon
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine what senior citizens with dementia meant for nurses who took care of those elders to help the nurses provide a better care for the elderly with dementia. The study was conducted from December 2003 through February 2004 by using the Q-method. The results showed that three factors provided explanations for 69.52%. Those three ways that the nurses considered the elders were; Mature elders, Dread and Accepting. Mature elders first type, to which nine people belonged, looked upon old age as the best period to make one’s life perfect. They thought that the elderly period makes one’s life more worthwhile attaining self-realization. Additionally, they believed that senior citizens became wiser over time. Dread type, to which seven belonged, took an antipathy attitude toward the elderly. They regarded senior citizens as selfish and childish and thought that those elders were excluded from the society. Accepting type, to which five nurses belonged, showed an adaptive mind-set toward the elderly period. This type of people viewed aging as indispensable without being afraid of death. They relied on God and wanted their children to get ahead.
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KEYWORD
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Meaning of the Elderly, Dementia center Nurse
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