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Views on Dignity of Elderly Nursing Home Residents

Lise-Lotte Franklin

Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, lise-lotte.franklin{at}hi.oru.se

Britt-Marie Ternestedt

Ö rebro University, Örebro, and Ersta Sköndal College, Stockholm, Sweden

Lennart Nordenfelt

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Discussion about a dignified death has almost exclusively been applied to palliative care and people dying of cancer. As populations are getting older in the western world and living with chronic illnesses affecting their everyday lives, it is relevant to broaden the definition of palliative care to include other groups of people. The aim of the study was to explore the views on dignity at the end of life of 12 elderly people living in two nursing homes in Sweden. A hermeneutic approach was used to interpret the material, which was gathered during semi-structured interviews. A total of 39 interviews were transcribed. The analysis revealed three themes: (1) the unrecognizable body; (2) fragility and dependency; and (3) inner strength and a sense of coherence.

Key Words: dignity • dignity and end-of-life care • nursing and dignity • palliative care and dying • self-image

Nursing Ethics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 130-146 (2006)
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne851oa
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