The meaning of slow nursing in dementia care. (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lillekroken, Daniela; Hauge, Solveig; Slettebø, Åshild
• Is Part Of: Dementia. Volume 16:Number 7(2017)
• Page Start: 930
• Page End: 947
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: DEMENTIA -- focus group interviews -- observation -- nursing homes -- sense of coherence; Psychiatric social work -- Periodicals; Social work with older people -- Periodicals; Dementia -- Periodicals; 362.19683005
• DOI: 10.1177/1471301215625112
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-3012

Abstract

Research literature in the dementia field lacks examples of 'best-practices' demonstrating concretely how it is possible to support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the nurses' views concerning a caring approach that may support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The data were collected through participant observation and focus group interviews during a four-month period in 2011. Sixteen registered nurses recruited from two Norwegian nursing homes participated in this study. The data were interpreted using a phenomenological-hermeneutical method. Three themes were identified: 'being in the moment', 'doing one thing at a time', and 'creating joy and contentment'. An overall interpretation of these themes is described by the metaphor 'slow nursing', a caring approach that may lead to supporting the sense of coherence in people with dementia.