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| Title |
Living with dementia in a nursing home, as described by persons with dementia: a phenomenological hermeneutic study
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-017-2053-2 |
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| Authors |
Marit Mjørud, Knut Engedal, Janne Røsvik, Marit Kirkevold |
| Abstract |
Persons with dementia have described life in nursing home as difficult and lonely. Persons with dementia often reside in nursing homes for several years; therefore, knowledge is needed about how quality of life is affected in the nursing-home setting in order to be able to provide the best possible care. The aim of this study was to investigate the personal experience of living in a nursing home over time from the perspective of the person with dementia and to learn what makes life better or worse in the nursing home. A phenomenological hermeneutic research design was applied. Unstructured, face-to-face interviews and field observations were conducted twice, three months apart. Twelve persons residing in three different nursing homes were included. The analysis revealed four themes: "Being in the nursing home is okay, but you must take things as they are"; "Everything is gone"; "Things that make it better and things that make it worse"; and "Persons - for better or worse? Staff, family, and co-residents". Persons with dementia are able to communicate their feelings and thoughts about their lives in the nursing home and can name several factors that have impacts on their quality of life. They differentiate between members of the staff, and they prefer their primary nurse. They are content with life in general, but everyday life is boring, and their sense of contentment is based on acceptance of certain facts of reality and their ability to adjust their expectations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 44% |
| Canada | 3 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 100 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 100 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Unknown | 25 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 31% |
| Psychology | 11 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 29 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2023.
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#6,253,481
of 24,803,011 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,777
of 8,389 outputs
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#109,847
of 430,085 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#52
of 152 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 8,389 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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