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| Hospice as experiences by LTC nurses and their perception of resident experiences | | Author(s) | Jennifer Annette Aeling, Tammi Vacha-Haase |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 40, no 5, October-December 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2017 |
| Pages | pp 367-377 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nurses ; Attitude ; Residents [care homes] ; Usage [services] ; Terminal care ; Death ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This qualitative study aimed to better understand long-term care (LTC) nursing staff's experience in hospice services, their perceptions of residents choosing hospice services. Also considered was understanding differences LTC nurses have experienced regarding resident deaths. The study used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to extract themes and sub-themes from 10 interviews with LTC nursing staff. Content analysis was also utilised to extract one noteworthy concept, which was a comparison of two resident deaths, with and without use of hospice services. Three main themes were extracted from the data: LTC nursing participants' positive view of hospice; their perception that residents view hospice very negatively; and why residents choose hospice services. Participants also identified aspects of a "bad" or "good" death, with clear relationships noted when using hospice services. Findings identified a difference between the LTC nursing staff's positive view of hospice and their belief that their residents view hospice services very negatively. According to these nurses' experiences, to most residents, hospice meant something rather negative and feared. Therefore, an intervention which provides information about hospice services for the LTC resident population may increase the percentage of older adults who use hospice services. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-171124213 A |
| Classmark | QTE: DP: KX: QLD: LV: CW: 3DP: 7T |
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