title: Aspects of indignity in nursing home residences as experienced by family caregivers.
abstract: The overall purpose of this cross-country Nordic study was to gain further knowledge about maintaining and promoting dignity in nursing home residents. The purpose of this article is to present results pertaining to the following question: How is nursing home residents' dignity maintained, promoted or deprived from the perspective of family caregivers? In this article, we focus only on indignity in care. This study took place at six different nursing home residences in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Data collection methods in this part of this study consisted of individual research interviews. Altogether, the sample consisted of 28 family caregivers of nursing home residents. The empirical material was interpreted using a hermeneutical approach. The overall theme that emerged was as follows: 'A feeling of being abandoned'. The sub-themes are designated as follows: deprived of the feeling of belonging, deprived of dignity due to acts of omission, deprived of confirmation, deprived of dignity due to physical humiliation, deprived of dignity due to psychological humiliation and deprived of parts of life.
authors: Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway.
authors: Dagfinn
authors: D
authors: Nåden
authors: Arne
authors: A
authors: Rehnsfeldt
authors: Maj-Britt
authors: MB
authors: Råholm
authors: Lillemor
authors: L
authors: Lindwall
authors: Synnøve
authors: S
authors: Caspari
authors: Trygve
authors: T
authors: Aasgaard
authors: Åshild
authors: Å
authors: Slettebø
authors: Berit
authors: B
authors: Sæteren
authors: Bente
authors: B
authors: Høy
authors: Britt
authors: B
authors: Lillestø
authors: Anne Kari Tolo
authors: AK
authors: Heggestad
authors: Vibeke
authors: V
authors: Lohne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000941:ethics*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D028723:Personhood; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Dignity; family caregivers; nursing home residents