Nursing Home Adaptation in Visually Impaired Older Adults Using a Narrative Approach,. (13th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Toyoshima, Aya
• Other Names: Morioka Masayoshi guestEditor.; Nomura Haruo guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Japanese psychological research. Volume 63:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 355
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2021-04-13
• Subjects: visual impairment -- older adults -- narrative -- adaptation process -- views of life and death; Psychology -- Research -- Periodicals; 150.72
• DOI: 10.1111/jpr.12334
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-5368

Abstract

Abstract: This study used a narrative approach to examine the difficulties that older visually impaired people experience when adapting to life in a nursing home. The interview data were collected from one blind aged person ( n = 1), focusing on the adaptation process from moving into the nursing home to the present and maintaining context of narrative that included the life history. Subcategories were extracted based on a framework of temporal coherence, causal coherence, thematic coherence, and situational coherence. This study revealed three factors related to adaptation to life in a nursing home for a visually impaired person, including psychological adaptation: becoming accustomed to life in the facility after changes in the living environment, having gratitude and maintaining "moderating human relationships, " and participating in activities connected to one's purpose in life. He was able to psychologically adapt and came to accept his death through an awareness of aging.