Citation

Slettebø Å, Saeteren B, Caspari S, Lohne V, Rehnsfeldt AW, Heggestad AK, Lillestø B, Høy B, Råholm MB, Lindwall L, Aasgaard T, Nåden D. Scand. J. Caring Sci. 2016; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Nordic College of Caring Science, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/scs.12386

PMID

27910119

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Living in a nursing home may be challenging to the residents' experience of dignity. Residents' perception of how their dignity is respected in everyday care is important.

AIM: To examine how nursing home residents experience dignity through the provision of activities that foster meaning and joy in their daily life.

METHOD: A qualitative design was used and 28 individual semistructured interviews conducted with nursing home residents from six nursing homes in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The data were analysed with qualitative content analysis. Independent ethical committees in all participating countries granted their approval for the study.

FINDINGS: The participants highlight two dimensions of the activities that foster experiences of dignity in nursing homes in Scandinavia. These two categories were (i) fostering dignity through meaningful participation and (ii) fostering dignity through experiencing enjoyable individualised activities.

CONCLUSION: Activities are important for residents to experience dignity in their daily life in nursing homes. However, it is important to tailor the activities to the individual and to enable the residents to take part actively. Nurses should collect information about the resident's preferences for participation in activities at the nursing home.

© 2016 Nordic College of Caring Science.

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