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Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity

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  • Maria Riedl
  • Franco Mantovan
  • Christa Them

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Going into a nursing home can turn out to be a critical life experience if elderly people are afraid of losing their independence and identity after having moved into a nursing home. In order to find out what nursing home residents need in their first year after having moved into a nursing home to maintain their identity and self-determination, 20 problem-orientated interviews with residents of three nursing homes in the Austrian province of Salzburg were conducted and analysed based on content analysis according to Mayring. The participants of this study resist against having decisions taken away from them and fight for their independence and identity. In order to be able to cope with these strains, they need the help of family members, professionals, and identity-forming conversations in new social networks in the nursing home. The study participants draw enough strength from their faith in order to fight for their independence. They develop a new identity close to their previous identity by maintaining autonomy and mobility with a clear focus on the future.

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  • Maria Riedl & Franco Mantovan & Christa Them, 2013. "Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity," Nursing Research and Practice, Hindawi, vol. 2013, pages 1-9, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlnrp:932381
    DOI: 10.1155/2013/932381
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