TY - JOUR
T1 - Maintaining dignity for residents of care homes
T2 - A qualitative study of the views of care home staff, community nurses, residents and their families
AU - Hall, Sue
AU - Dodd, Rachael H
AU - Higginson, Irene J
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This study uses the Framework approach to qualitative analysis to explore and compare the views of residents in care homes for older people, their families and care providers on maintaining dignity. We interviewed 33 care home managers, 29 care assistants, 18 care home nurses, 10 community nurses, 16 residents and 15 members of residents' families. The most prevalent themes were: "independence," and "privacy"; followed by "comfort and care," "individuality," "respect," "communication," "physical appearance" and "being seen as human." Residents and their families sometimes described incidents where a resident's dignity had been compromised. How to help residents maintain dignity and focusing on fostering dignity, can be a starting point for improving the quality of care and quality of life of residents. It is, however, important to remove the gap between the rhetoric of dignity conserving care and the reality experienced by residents in these and other care settings.
AB - This study uses the Framework approach to qualitative analysis to explore and compare the views of residents in care homes for older people, their families and care providers on maintaining dignity. We interviewed 33 care home managers, 29 care assistants, 18 care home nurses, 10 community nurses, 16 residents and 15 members of residents' families. The most prevalent themes were: "independence," and "privacy"; followed by "comfort and care," "individuality," "respect," "communication," "physical appearance" and "being seen as human." Residents and their families sometimes described incidents where a resident's dignity had been compromised. How to help residents maintain dignity and focusing on fostering dignity, can be a starting point for improving the quality of care and quality of life of residents. It is, however, important to remove the gap between the rhetoric of dignity conserving care and the reality experienced by residents in these and other care settings.
U2 - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.10.012
M3 - Article
C2 - 24246690
SN - 1528-3984
VL - 35
SP - 55
EP - 60
JO - Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
IS - 1
M1 - N/A
ER -