title: Contemplating what I would do if someone got in my house: intentions of older homebound women living alone.
abstract: There is little research guiding interventions to help old homebound women prepare to manage an intrusion event. During a phenomenological study of the experience of reaching help quickly, I compared intentions during a possible intrusion event for 9 women subscribing to a personal emergency response system and 5 nonsubscribers. The phenomenon of contemplating what I would do if an intruder got in my home had 4 components. Only 2 personal emergency response system subscribers voiced the definitive intention to use the personal emergency response system. Findings underpin a new empirical perspective of competence grounded in situations relevant to living alone at home rather than specific tasks of daily living.
authors.affiliation: Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. PorterEJ@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Eileen J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D018577:Homebound Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*