Caring for Elderly with Dementia in Family by Professional Nurses
Keywords:
Caring, Professional nurses, elderly with dementiaAbstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe experiences of professional nurses caring for an elderly family member with dementia. Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology was applied as a research methodology. Purposive sampling was used to select 14 professional nurses as a principle caregiver of an elderly family member with Alzheimer at least 1 year and working as a full-time nurse. Data were ethically collected by using in-depth interview, observation and artifacts. Contents were analyzed by using content analysis of van Manen’s method. The result regarding to this study were consisted of 6 major themes as follow; 1) Paying attention of daily activities, 2) Preventing some risks may happen, and 3) Maintaining the ability to help themselves, 4) Taking an elderly for a physician’s appointment, 5) Finding a free time to travel and 6) Taking an elderly to make merit and pray. These findings were clear understanding of caring for an elderly family member with dementia at home by a Professional nurse as a principle caregiver. In addition, Gerontological nurses can use these findings
as a guideline to suggest appropriate and quality care for elderly with dementia.
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