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The meaning of receiving help from home nursing care

Author(s) -

Aud Moe,

Ove Hellzén,

Ingela Enmarker

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

nursing ethics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1477-0989

pISSN - 0969-7330

DOI - 10.1177/0969733013478959

Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , feeling , nursing , courage , paternalism , narrative , medicine , psychology , qualitative research , nursing care , nursing homes , social psychology , psychotherapist , sociology , social science , philosophy , linguistics , theology , political science , law

The aim of this study was to illuminate the meaning of receiving help from home nursing care for the chronically ill, elderly persons living in their homes. The study was carried out in Norway. Data were collected by narrative interviews and analysed by phenomenological hermeneutic interpretations. Receiving help from home nursing care sometimes meant 'Being ill and dependent on help'. Other times it meant 'Being at the mercy of help'. It could also mean 'Feeling inferior as a human being'. Sometimes help was given by nurses who were respectful and proficient at caring for an elderly person, while at other times nurses seemed to be incompetent and worked with a paternalistic attitude without respect for privacy. Receiving help also meant elderly persons wanted to be regarded and approached as equal human beings, supported in the courage to meet challenges in life.

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