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‘The everlasting trial of strength and patience’: transitions in home care nursing as narrated by patients and family members
Author(s) -
Efraimsson Eva,
Höglund Ingela,
Sandman Po
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2001.00539.x
Subject(s) - patience , narrative , nursing , psychology , lived experience , nursing homes , natural (archaeology) , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , history , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
• The aim of this study was to describe and interpret patients’ and their family members’ lived experiences of caring at home. Twelve tape‐recorded narratives, with seven patients and five family members, were interpreted in accordance with a phenomenological–hermeneutic method inspired by Ricoeur. • The findings revealed life situations where natural caring was changed into patient–care‐giver relations and the home became a public room. The patients had to deal with decreased abilities and the family members with adjusting to caring needs. • The changes in the life situations were interpreted as long lasting and trying transitions. • Implications for nursing and further research are proposed.