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Nurse assistants' experiences and knowledge of how they create a meaningful daily life for older persons receiving municipal home healthcare
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Health Sciences (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4362-2902
Department of Home Care, Halmstad Municipality, Sweden; Örebro University, Sweden.
Orebro University, Sweden.
2023 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

Aims and Objectives: To explore nurse assistants' experiences and knowledge of how they create a meaningful daily life for older people receiving municipal home healthcare.Design: A participatory appreciative action reflection approach.Methods: Interviews, participant observations and informal conversations with 23 nurse assistants in municipal home healthcare generated the data. A thematic analysis was used.Results: Two main themes were developed. The first main theme, building a reciprocal relationship, was structured by three subthemes: To strengthen the older person's self-esteem, to co-create care and to create equality. The second main theme, creating meaning, was structured by two subthemes: To create closeness and to receive appreciation. The two main themes are each other's prerequisite. Nursing assistants' building reciprocal relationships gives meaning; through the meaning, reciprocal relationships are achieved, and by that, meaningful daily lives for both the older people and the nurse assistants.Conclusion: Nurse assistants built a reciprocal relationship both for the older people and for the nurse assistant. This contributes to create a meaningful daily life for the older people. The older person was the main character, and it seems that the nurse assistants apply person-centred care, which can represent a shared common vision that can be used in the encounter.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2023.
Keywords [en]
home healthcare, meaningful daily life, municipal home care, nurse assistants, older people, participatory appreciative action reflection, person-centred care
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Nursing
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Nursing Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-97294DOI: 10.1111/scs.13219ISI: 001083364800001PubMedID: 37815122Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85173777931OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-97294DiVA, id: diva2:1809380
Available from: 2023-11-03 Created: 2023-11-03 Last updated: 2023-11-22Bibliographically approved

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