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Published on: February 2, 2020
Views on dignity of elderly nursing home residents
Lise-Lotte Franklin1, Britt-Marie Ternestedt, Lennart Nordenfelt
1Department of Health Sciences, Orebro University, Sweden. lise-lotte.franklin@hi.oru.se
Abstract:
Discussion about a dignified death has almost exclusively been applied to palliative care and people dying of cancer. As populations are getting older in the western world and living with chronic illnesses affecting their everyday lives, it is relevant to broaden the definition of palliative care to include other groups of people. The aim of the study was to explore the views on dignity at the end of life of 12 elderly people living in two nursing homes in Sweden. A hermeneutic approach was used to interpret the material, which was gathered during semi-structured interviews. A total of 39 interviews were transcribed. The analysis revealed three themes: (1) the unrecognizable body; (2) fragility and dependency; and (3) inner strength and a sense of coherence.
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