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Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland
Meaningfulness is a fundamental aspect in the promotion of frail older adults’ health and well-being. From a salutogenic point of view, meaningfulness is a vital component of a sense of coherence (SOC), since having a strong SOC aids toward assembling the resources needed to cope with stressors and...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34339504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab087 |
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author | Hemberg, Jessica Näsman, Marina Nyqvist, Fredrica |
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description | Meaningfulness is a fundamental aspect in the promotion of frail older adults’ health and well-being. From a salutogenic point of view, meaningfulness is a vital component of a sense of coherence (SOC), since having a strong SOC aids toward assembling the resources needed to cope with stressors and manage tensions with success. In order to respond to the challenges of population aging and the need to enable frail older adults to live at home for as long as possible, it is important to explore their meaningfulness in the context of home-based care. A salutogenic framework was used to study meaningfulness. The aim was to explore what promotes meaningfulness among frail older adults. The study uses a hermeneutical approach and has a qualitative design. In total, 17 frail older adults were interviewed. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The results uncovered four themes that the respondents considered important in enhancing meaningfulness in daily life: home care personnel, outdoor activities and green spaces, cultural activities and spirituality. Our study revealed the important role of home care personnel as a resource in promoting meaningfulness in the context of home-based care. Hence, this group should be given sufficient resources, knowledge and competence for enabling meaningfulness and thus a SOC amongst frail older adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-90534572022-05-02 Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland Hemberg, Jessica Näsman, Marina Nyqvist, Fredrica Health Promot Int Articles Meaningfulness is a fundamental aspect in the promotion of frail older adults’ health and well-being. From a salutogenic point of view, meaningfulness is a vital component of a sense of coherence (SOC), since having a strong SOC aids toward assembling the resources needed to cope with stressors and manage tensions with success. In order to respond to the challenges of population aging and the need to enable frail older adults to live at home for as long as possible, it is important to explore their meaningfulness in the context of home-based care. A salutogenic framework was used to study meaningfulness. The aim was to explore what promotes meaningfulness among frail older adults. The study uses a hermeneutical approach and has a qualitative design. In total, 17 frail older adults were interviewed. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The results uncovered four themes that the respondents considered important in enhancing meaningfulness in daily life: home care personnel, outdoor activities and green spaces, cultural activities and spirituality. Our study revealed the important role of home care personnel as a resource in promoting meaningfulness in the context of home-based care. Hence, this group should be given sufficient resources, knowledge and competence for enabling meaningfulness and thus a SOC amongst frail older adults. Oxford University Press 2021-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9053457/ /pubmed/34339504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab087 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Articles Hemberg, Jessica Näsman, Marina Nyqvist, Fredrica Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title | Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title_full | Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title_fullStr | Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title_full_unstemmed | Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title_short | Meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in Finland |
title_sort | meaningfulness among frail older adults receiving home-based care in finland |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9053457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34339504 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab087 |
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