OLDER WIDOWS EXPERIENCE OF HOME CARE

年长寡妇的家庭护理经验

• 批准号: 2858069
• 负责人: EILEEN J PORTER
• 金额: $ 10.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2858069
• 关键词: aging; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; experience; female; geriatric nursing; health services research tag; home health care; human old age (65+); human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; perception; racial /ethnic difference; rural area; urban area; widowhood; women's health

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe the experience of home care for older widows who live alone in their own homes. In contrast to research focused on predicting home care use or analyzing caregivers~ experiences, the project is exemplary of a new approach to the study of home care. The specific aims are: (a) to delineate phenomena and component phenomena of the experience of home care for older widows who live at home alone: (b) to delineate the intentions that reflect each women~s unique experience of home care; ~ to identify changes in each participants~ experience over time and to consider possible explanations for these changes, including life transitions and factors such as self-rated health, location of residence, and ethnic/racial identity; and (d) to consider to the possible influence of location of residence upon the experience of home care by comparing the experiences of rural and urban participants. Over a three-year period, 7 taped-recorded interviews will be conducted in the home of each of 24 widows over the age of 80, who meet inclusion criteria for duration of widowhood, continuing residence in their own homes since the husband~s death, number of adult children, mental competence, and self-rated health. Interview and observational data will be obtained concerning participants~ perceptions and acts relative to other persons~ involvement in their efforts to continue living alone at home. A phenomenological method will be used to delineate a taxonomy of the phenomena that are the structures of the participant~s experiences. Older widows~ experience of home care will be described using the taxonomy and data examples. The study is designed to reveal not only the common structures of the experience but (also) the uniqueness of each women~s experience and the heterogeneity of the participants~ experiences. From the results, empirically grounded middle-range theories will be generated to undergird individualized interventions for older widows who live alone. In view of demographic trends, the proposed research is both timely and important.

这项现象学研究的目的是描述这种体验 为独居在自己家中的老年寡妇提供家庭护理。 在 与专注于预测家庭护理使用或分析的研究形成鲜明对比 护理人员〜经验，该项目是一种新方法的典范 家庭护理的研究。 具体目标是： (a) 划定 家庭护理体验的现象和组成现象 独自住在家里的年长寡妇：(b) 说明意图 反映每个女性独特的家庭护理经历； 〜识别 每个参与者的变化~随着时间的推移经历并考虑 这些变化的可能解释，包括生活转变和 自评健康状况、居住地点等因素 民族/种族身份； (d) 考虑可能的影响 通过比较家庭护理的经验来确定居住地点 农村和城市参与者的经验。 三年多的时间里， 7 次录音访谈将在 24 人每人的家中进行 80岁以上的丧偶妇女，其持续时间符合纳入标准 守寡，自丈夫去世后继续居住在自己的家里 死亡、成年子女数量、心理能力和自评 健康。 将获得有关以下方面的访谈和观察数据： 参与者~相对于其他人的看法和行为~ 参与他们继续独自生活在家里的努力。 一个 现象学方法将被用来描述一个分类学 现象是参与者体验的结构。 年长的寡妇~将使用以下内容描述家庭护理的经验 分类法和数据示例。 该研究不仅旨在揭示 体验的共同结构以及（也）体验的独特性 每个女性~的经历以及参与者的异质性~ 经验。 从结果来看，以经验为基础的中档 将产生理论来巩固个性化干预措施 独居的年长寡妇。 鉴于人口趋势， 拟议的研究既及时又重要。