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| Care perceptions among residents of LTC facilities purporting to offer person-centred care | | Author(s) | Leeann Donnelly, Michael I MacEntee |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 2, June 2016 |
| Publisher | Canadian Association on Gerontology, June 2016 |
| Pages | pp 149-160 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Long term ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Person-centred care ; Attitude ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This study explored qualitatively how residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities felt about and adapted to the care they received. The authors interviewed and observed a purposeful selection of older residents in seven facilities purporting to provide person-centred care. Interpretative descriptions from 43 personal interviews with 23 participants answered the question: How do residents perceive the care rendered in LTC facilities purporting to offer person-centred care? Three themes emerged: (1) the caring environment; (2) preservation of dignity; and (3) maintenance of personal autonomy. Participants were sympathetic to the nursing staff's workload, but felt distant from the staff. Participants gave examples of poor care and lack of empathy, human indignities and violations of personal autonomy caused by institutional policies they felt inhibited their ability to receive care based on their preferences. Overall they challenged the claims of person-centred care but adapted to cope with an environment that threatened their dignity and autonomy. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826228 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: 4Q: F:59: D:F:5HH: PAA: DP: 7S |
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