Older persons making a life closure: experiences of loneliness in an academic nursing home – a phenomenological qualitative interview study
Health care professionals can reduce negative experiences of loneliness by listening to nursing home residents, creating a meaningful daily life with individualized activities, and by encouraging contacts with close relatives. This can be a way of maintaining older persons' dignity and coping with the longing for what has been.
Authors
- Annika Söderman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8661-004X)
- Mialinn Arvidsson‐Lindvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-0953)
Institutions
- Örebro University (SE)
- Mälardalen University (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2398201
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85