The experience of elderly people to cope with their lives at home: a literature review
Mustakallio, Salla (2015)
Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505045838
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505045838
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The purpose of this thesis was to explore how elderly people live and cope with their lives at home. The aim was to provide the experience of elderly people to help them and nurses to improve the quality of life at home for elderly people. The research problem of this thesis was elderly people’s coping at home. The research questions were how elderly people cope with their lives at home and what kind of physical, social and psychological experiences elderly people have from ageing.
The theoretical framework of this study was Activity Theory and Continuity Theory by Havighurst, Neugarten and Tobin and Activities of Living Model by Roper, Logan and Tierney. The number of elderly people grows globally. The ageing process has brought different challenges for elderly people and the society. It is necessary to research about this topic to improve the situation.
The method of this research is narrative literature review. Data was collected through literature review from CINAHL and Academic Search Elite both hosted by EBSCO. Seven relevant articles were found and used for this thesis. The data was analysed by content analysis. According to the analysis, experiences from ageing and coping at home were found as results. Experiences from ageing consist of physical, social and psychological experiences. Coping at home comprises coping with daily life and coping with ageing. The conclusion of this study is that the ways to help elderly people to cope with lives at home are keeping good physical condition, having good social contacts, positive attitudes to ageing and being able to get assistance.
The theoretical framework of this study was Activity Theory and Continuity Theory by Havighurst, Neugarten and Tobin and Activities of Living Model by Roper, Logan and Tierney. The number of elderly people grows globally. The ageing process has brought different challenges for elderly people and the society. It is necessary to research about this topic to improve the situation.
The method of this research is narrative literature review. Data was collected through literature review from CINAHL and Academic Search Elite both hosted by EBSCO. Seven relevant articles were found and used for this thesis. The data was analysed by content analysis. According to the analysis, experiences from ageing and coping at home were found as results. Experiences from ageing consist of physical, social and psychological experiences. Coping at home comprises coping with daily life and coping with ageing. The conclusion of this study is that the ways to help elderly people to cope with lives at home are keeping good physical condition, having good social contacts, positive attitudes to ageing and being able to get assistance.