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Thriving – a useful theoretical perspective to capture the experience of well‐being among frail elderly in nursing homes?
Author(s) -
Bergland Ådel,
Kirkevold Marit
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01990.x
Subject(s) - thriving , nursing homes , perspective (graphical) , nursing , psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychotherapist , computer science , artificial intelligence
Thriving – a useful theoretical perspective to capture the experience of well‐being among frail elderly in nursing homes?Aim. The aim of this article is to discuss the concept of thriving and its adequacy in describing the experience of well‐being among physically frail nursing home residents. Background. There is a lack of theoretical perspectives describing nursing home residents’ experience of well‐being. Method. The article is based on a literature review and analysis of how the concept of thriving is used in different professional traditions. Three different theoretical perspectives are presented: (1) thriving as an outcome of growth and development; (2) thriving as a psychological state; (3) thriving as an expression of physical health state. In the second part of the paper, the three perspectives are discussed. Conclusion. The authors suggest that there is a need to develop a new concept: that of thriving in physically frail nursing home residents. The article discusses how each of the three theoretical perspectives may contribute to the formation of this concept.