Barriers to and facilitators of ethical encounters at the end of life in a nursing home: an ethnographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among a growing population of older persons, many affected by multiple diseases and complex needs, are cared for in nursing homes. Previous studies of nursing homes have highlighted the importance of personalised palliative care. Nevertheless, we know little about whether everyday care practice involving assistant nurses and frail older persons accomplishes ethical encounters, especially in assisted bodily care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand and conceptualize the encounter between residents and assistant nurses in bodily care-situations at the end of life in a nursing home.

Methods

Focused ethnographic design was used. Residents and assistant nurses from one nursing home in an urban Swedish area participated in this study. Data were collected

SUBMITTER: Holmberg B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature