英文摘要 |
Background: Due to various aging associated problems and the inability of children to care for elders, elders often live in long-term care facilities. Ensuring the elders having a positive experience regarding their existential value is crucial. Purpose: This study presented a narrative description of the positive experiences of ten elders derived from the life story of an elderly woman in a long-term care facility. Methods: We used a narrative research method and conducted a semi-structured interview with ten elders recruited from a long term care facility through purposive sampling . Data collection was conducted from December 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019, and the study protocol was approved by an institutional review board (IRB FR-002-1020430-1-2). Data were analyzed according to the analytical model of narrative processes proposed by Lieblich et al. (2008) following the rigor principles of reliability and validity until data saturation was reached, after which data collection was discontinued. Results: Initially, the elderly woman described her longitudinal life stories, and the researcher guided her to narrate her horizontal life stories. The researcher encouraged the elderly woman to reflect on her life’s positive experiences daily, so that she could experience the positive energy required to face her illness and impending death during her old age. Building on the results of the elderly woman, the researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with nine elders in the long-term care facility and produced positive life story scrolls by integrating their positive experiences. Conclusion/Clinical Implication: Long-term care nurses in elderly care facilities could apply the positive experiences derived from the elders’life stories to help them maintain their physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being during their aging process to ensure a smooth transition through their final stage of life. |