2013
DOI: 10.1177/010740831303300305
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Assistant Nurses' Descriptions of Signs of Dying among Older People in Nursing Homes

Abstract: Background: In Sweden, assistant nurses are the group of professionals who have a great deal of contact with older, dying persons in nursing homes. They have substantial experience in this area. It is therefore important that their voices are heard about their experience of how they identify that an older person is dying. Aim: The purpose was to describe assistant nurses' experiences of signs of dying among older people in nursing homes. Method: A qualitative manifest content analysis was used. Four interviews… Show more

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“…Porock and Oliver [ 22 ] raise one possible reason why early signs preceding dying get little attention at the nursing homes: talking about death is taboo among the staff, for which reason an increasing awareness that the older person is going to die can be hard to handle. An earlier study by Sahlberg-Blom and colleagues [ 23 ] on assistant nurses’ experiences of signs of dying found signs similar to those we ourselves found. The signs presented in their study cover physical and psychosocial changes in older persons and include both subtle signs of dying such as feeling a desire to die and manifest signs such as body changes, for example fatigue and difficulty in breathing.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…Porock and Oliver [ 22 ] raise one possible reason why early signs preceding dying get little attention at the nursing homes: talking about death is taboo among the staff, for which reason an increasing awareness that the older person is going to die can be hard to handle. An earlier study by Sahlberg-Blom and colleagues [ 23 ] on assistant nurses’ experiences of signs of dying found signs similar to those we ourselves found. The signs presented in their study cover physical and psychosocial changes in older persons and include both subtle signs of dying such as feeling a desire to die and manifest signs such as body changes, for example fatigue and difficulty in breathing.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…they are familiar, clear and prominent in the last days or weeks. The late signs are also similar to those that have been described in the literature [ 21 23 ] and the staff are well aware of them. In contrast to the holistic view of the older person connected to early signs preceding dying, the participants mainly highlight the physical and psychological aspects of late signs.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
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