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The Dialectical Movement Between Deprivation and Preservation of a Person's Life Space: A Question of Nursing Home Residents' Dignity.

Arne RehnsfeldtVibeke LohneTrygve AasgaardAnne Kari Tolo HeggestadÅShild SlettebøSynnøve CaspariMaj-britt RåholmDagfinn NådenBritt LillestøBente HøyBerit SæterenLillemor Lindwall

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MalePersonhoodmedia_common.quotation_subjectPersonhood03 medical and health sciencesDignityHopePersonal Space0302 clinical medicineNursingPersonal spaceHumansNursing science030212 general & internal medicinemedia_commonAgedAdvanced and Specialized NursingDialecticAged 80 and over030504 nursingGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedNursing HomesComplementary and alternative medicineLife spaceFemale0305 other medical sciencePsychologyNursing homes

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The aim of this study was to answer the question "What do nursing home residents do themselves in order to maintain their dignity?" Twenty-eight residents, 8 men and 20 women, aged 62 to 103 years, from 6 different nursing homes in Scandinavia were interviewed. The results showed that the residents tried to expand their life space, both physical and ontological, in order to experience health and dignity.

10.1097/hnp.0000000000000145https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27078808