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Transforming hope: how elderly palliative patients live with hope
1College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Duggleby@sask.usask.ca
Summary
Palliative patients find hope by transforming it. This involves accepting life, finding meaning, and positive reappraisal to achieve a peaceful death and reduce suffering.
Area of Science:
- Palliative Care
- Psychology
- Gerontology
Background:
- Hope is crucial for palliative patients.
- The process of maintaining hope in this population is not well understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore and describe the processes palliative patients use to live with hope.
- Utilizing a grounded theory approach to uncover the lived experiences of hope.
Main Methods:
- Conducted 16 in-depth interviews with 10 home-care palliative patients (mean age 75).
- Employed open-ended questions to facilitate detailed participant narratives.
Main Results:
- Patients define hope as reduced suffering and a peaceful death.
- The core process identified is 'transforming hope'.
- Transforming hope includes acknowledging current life circumstances, seeking meaning, and positive reappraisal.
Conclusions:
- Hope is actively transformed by palliative patients.
- Findings offer a basis for future research and interventions.
- Interventions could focus on fostering hope in older adults receiving palliative care.
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