Homecare nurses’ lived experiences of caring relationships with older adults: A phenomenological study
Lang, K and Lindberg, E. and Nässén, Kristina and Cowdell, Fiona and Palmér, L. (2023) Homecare nurses’ lived experiences of caring relationships with older adults: A phenomenological study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. ISSN 0283-9318
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Abstract
Introduction: This paper describes registered nurses’ lived experiences of caring relationships in the context of home care for older adults living in Denmark. As populations throughout Europe are aging, more older adults will need complex care solutions within overburdened care systems. This development places demands on the competencies and organisation of homecare nurses as they become key players in the healthcare system. Caring relationships in home care is a rewarding and valuable process that enhances the holistic and humanising aspects of caring for older adults. In order for a caring relationship to be caring, we must understand not only the subjective experience of that caring relationship but also how that caring relationship is experienced in relation to and shared with others.
Aim: To describe the essential meaning of the phenomenon of caring relationships in home care for older adults, based on the lived experiences of homecare nurses.
Approach and methods: Interviews were conducted with registered nurses working in home care for older adults, and a phenomenological analysis was conducted according to the methodological principles of the reflective lifeworld research approach.
Findings: The essential meaning of the phenomenon is described as creating an existential and embodied space in which the world of the patient is the foundation of caring. The constituents are as follows: caring for the whole person, a sense of at-homeness through trusting ‘the other’, experiencing continuity as caring and prioritising the time to care.
Conclusion: Caring competence in home care for older adults relies on a nurse’s ability to intertwine physical and existential care needs and articulate them in his or her daily work. A focus on the phenomenon of caring relationships brings value to and adds an extra layer to the discussion on caring competence.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13217 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Caring relationship, caring science, caring competence, existential care, home care, lifeworld, older adults, phenomenology, reflective lifeworld research, registered nurses | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH02 - subjects allied to medicine > CAH02-04 - nursing and midwifery > CAH02-04-02 - adult nursing | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > School of Nursing and Midwifery | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Fiona Cowdell | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2023 12:25 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2023 13:58 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14776 |
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