{"title":"«Jeg mangler en halvdel» – ægtefællers oplevelse af plejehjemsflytning","authors":"Jesper Bøgmose, Bente Martinsen","doi":"10.18261/ISSN.1903-2285-2019-03-03","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"➤ Background: Moving one’s spouse with dementia to a nursing home is a complicated and stressful affair. Aim: The purpose of this study was to get insights into relatives’ experiences of moving a spouse with dementia to a nursing home. Method: Semi-structured interviews were held with five relatives in Denmark, all of whom had placed their spouses with dementia in a nursing home. Results: Nursing home-placement was described in three different phases (1) Dealing with an untenable situation; (2) Meeting the changes of a new life situation, and (3) Getting on with a new life: a process containing nine main themes, which was characterized both by relief, but also symptoms of burden, grief and feelings of guilt, failure and loss. Conclusion: Focus on the three phases and the related main themes of the ‘nursing homeplacement-phenomenon’, can be useful and helpful for nurses, in their support and care for these relative","PeriodicalId":79508,"journal":{"name":"Klinisk sygepleje","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Klinisk sygepleje","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN.1903-2285-2019-03-03","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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➤ Background: Moving one’s spouse with dementia to a nursing home is a complicated and stressful affair. Aim: The purpose of this study was to get insights into relatives’ experiences of moving a spouse with dementia to a nursing home. Method: Semi-structured interviews were held with five relatives in Denmark, all of whom had placed their spouses with dementia in a nursing home. Results: Nursing home-placement was described in three different phases (1) Dealing with an untenable situation; (2) Meeting the changes of a new life situation, and (3) Getting on with a new life: a process containing nine main themes, which was characterized both by relief, but also symptoms of burden, grief and feelings of guilt, failure and loss. Conclusion: Focus on the three phases and the related main themes of the ‘nursing homeplacement-phenomenon’, can be useful and helpful for nurses, in their support and care for these relative