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Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People
The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of their collaboration and relationships with family members in institutional respite care for the elderly. The family has a particularly important role in respite care, which is an extension of care provided at home. However no publ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23577247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/967084 |
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author | Salin, Sirpa Kaunonen, Marja Åstedt-Kurki, Päivi |
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description | The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of their collaboration and relationships with family members in institutional respite care for the elderly. The family has a particularly important role in respite care, which is an extension of care provided at home. However no published studies were found on this subject. The data were collected through qualitative interviews (N = 22). Content analysis of the nurses' descriptions of their collaboration with family members yielded four main categories as follows: (1) conscious ignoring, (2) attempting to understand the family's situation, (3) hinting at private family matters, and (4) being a friend. The results lend support to earlier findings which emphasize the complexity of relationships between nurses and family carers. A novel finding here is that these relationships may also develop into friendships. Greater emphasis must be placed on primary nursing so that the nurse and informal carer can build up a genuine relationship of trust. If periods of respite care are to help older people and their families to manage independently, it is imperative that nurses have the opportunity to visit their patients at home. |
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spelling | pubmed-36103672013-04-10 Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People Salin, Sirpa Kaunonen, Marja Åstedt-Kurki, Päivi Nurs Res Pract Research Article The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of their collaboration and relationships with family members in institutional respite care for the elderly. The family has a particularly important role in respite care, which is an extension of care provided at home. However no published studies were found on this subject. The data were collected through qualitative interviews (N = 22). Content analysis of the nurses' descriptions of their collaboration with family members yielded four main categories as follows: (1) conscious ignoring, (2) attempting to understand the family's situation, (3) hinting at private family matters, and (4) being a friend. The results lend support to earlier findings which emphasize the complexity of relationships between nurses and family carers. A novel finding here is that these relationships may also develop into friendships. Greater emphasis must be placed on primary nursing so that the nurse and informal carer can build up a genuine relationship of trust. If periods of respite care are to help older people and their families to manage independently, it is imperative that nurses have the opportunity to visit their patients at home. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3610367/ /pubmed/23577247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/967084 Text en Copyright © 2013 Sirpa Salin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Salin, Sirpa Kaunonen, Marja Åstedt-Kurki, Päivi Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title | Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title_full | Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title_fullStr | Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title_full_unstemmed | Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title_short | Nurses' Perceptions of Their Relationships with Informal Carers in Institutional Respite Care for Older People |
title_sort | nurses' perceptions of their relationships with informal carers in institutional respite care for older people |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23577247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/967084 |
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