KMID : 0895920190210020099
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Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing 2019 Volume.21 No. 2 p.99 ~ p.111
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Experiences of Long-term Care Hospital Nurses Caring for Elders with Dementia
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Suh Eun-Kyoung
Kim Hye-Ryoung
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aims to understand more clearly the long-term care hospital nurses¡¯ experiences of caring for elders with dementia and provide baseline data to improve the quality of nursing.
Methods: Colaizzi's phenomenological method was used for data analysis. The participants were seven nurses. Face-to-face in depth interviews were used for data collection from June to October, 2018.
Results: Three categories were identified. The nurses' reported experiences caring for elders with dementia were ¡®accepting dementia as a part of life¡¯, ¡®crumbling sense of identity due to the provocation of elders with dementia and their families¡¯, and ¡®pursuing caring beyond dementia caring¡¯. Nine themes were shown in this study. The participants stated that they needed to understand dementia and accept dementia through relationships with elders with dementia.
Conclusion: These results should be considered in planning nursing interventions for caring of elders with dementia in long-term care hospital. The findings support the need for educational strategies and programs to improve the ability of long-term care hospital nurses to adequately care for elders with dementia and for the necessity to develop related policy supports.
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KEYWORD
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Aged, Caring, Qualitative research, Dementia
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