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Nourishing the spirit in long term care
— perspectives of residents and nursing assistants on sources of meaning in residents' lives | | Author(s) | Susan H McFadden, Maryellen Hanusa |
| Journal title | Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 10, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 9-26 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Pastoral care ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Nursing homes ; Long term ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Interviews conducted for this US study compared the ways nursing assistants conceptualise homely details of daily life in a nursing home and their meanings, with the views of residents about what gives their lives meaning. By investigating the ways 19 female nursing assistants and 22 female residents in three long-term care homes in Wisconsin depicted sources of meaning in residents' lives, the study sought to find whether there was congruence between their perceptions. Interpretive analysis of the transcripts revealed that although nursing assistants regard their caregiving activities as significant sources of meaning, residents do not share this perception. Sources of meaning noted by both groups included personal memories, interactions with family and friends, opportunities to help others, treasured personal objects, and religious beliefs and behaviours. Implications for nursing assistant training are discussed, particularly how to encourage them to attribute meaning to their work by recognising the ways in which residents experience spirituality. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990310004 A |
| Classmark | EX: OW: KX: QTE:4UA: LHB: 4Q: 7T |
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