The Caring Self: The Older Adult Care Providers’ Experiences
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https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1907.02.06Keywords:
caring self, older adults, care agent, care providersAbstract
This study explored the meaning of the caring experiences of nurses and caregivers in a private older adult facility. Using Hermeneutic phenomenology the study interviewed ten informants and data gathered were analyzed using NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software. Findings revealed four themes: a) My mission, my passion; b) My Challenge, my victory; c) Caring beyond boundaries and d) My life, my salvation. The study concluded that the caring self of the care providers consist of three dimensions of caring: confident care, strategic care and enduring care. This became the basis in the development of a theory that states that the caring self is the foundation of all the caring experiences that enables one to become an effective care provider, otherwise known as the care agent.
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Clarke, A., Hanson, E. J., & Ross, H. (2003). Seeing the person behind the patient: Enhancing the care of older people using a biographical approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12(5), 697-706.
Cohen, C. A., Colantonio, A., & Vernich, Lee. (2002). Positive aspects of caregiving: Rounding out the caregiver experience. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17¸184-188. doi: 10.1002/gps.561
Dowling, M. (2004). Hermeneutics: An exploration. Nurse Researcher, 11(4), 30-39.
Fagerberg, I., & Kihlgren, M. (2001). Registered nurses’ experiences of caring for the elderly in different health-care areas. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 7(4.), 229-236.
Faronbi, J., Faronbi, G., Adenika, J., & Olaogun, A. (2019). Caring for the seniors with chronic illness: The lived experience of caregivers of older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, (82.), 8-14.
Groenewald, T. (2004). A phenomenological research design illustrated. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 3(1). Article 4. Retrieved from http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/3_1/pdf/groenewald.pdf
Lincoln, Y. S., & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.
National Institutes of Health. (2016). World’s older population grows dramatically. Retrieved from https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/worlds-older-population-grows-dramatically.
Ong, M. L., Palompon, D. R., Amoin, C., & Ygay, G. (2015). Terrors, losses and new lives of disaster survivors: A phenomenological inquiry. Asian Journal of Health, 5(1), 28-47
Philippine Statistics Authority [PSA]. (2012). The 2010 census of population and housing reveals the Philippine population at 92.34 million. Retrieved from https://psa.gov.ph/content/2010-census-population-and-housing-reveals-philippine-population-9234-million.
Rolfe, G. (2006). Validity, trustworthiness and rigour: quality and the idea of qualitative. Methodological Issues in Nursing Research, 53.(3.), 304-310. Blackwell Publishing. Retrieved from http://garyrolfe.net/documents/validitytrustworthiness.pdf
Shulz,R. & Eden, J. (2016). Families caring for an aging America. National Academies Press, 2-6.
Smith, J. A., & Osborn, M. (2007). Interpretative phenomenological analysis. In J. A. Smith (Ed.), Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods (2nd ed.) (pp. 53-80). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Tan, H., Wilson, A., Olver, I. (2009). Ricoeur’s theory of interpretation: An instrument for data interpretation in hermeneutic phenomenology. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8(4), 1-15. Retrieved from https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/article/view/4049/5889.
Tuohy, D., Cooney, A., Dowling, M., Murphy, K., & Sixmith, J. (2013). An overview of interpretive phenomenology as a research methodology. Nurse Researcher, 20(6), 17-20.
Vance, T. (2003). Caring and the professional practice of nursing. Journal of Nursing. Retrieved from https://www.scribd.com/doc/102058375/Caring-and-the-Professional-Practice-of-Nursing-docx.
Young, H. M. (2003). Challenges and solutions for care of frail older adults. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 8(2), Manuscript 4. Retrieved from www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume82003/No2May2003/OlderAdultsCareSolutions.aspx.
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2019-12-31
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Palompon, D. (2019). The Caring Self: The Older Adult Care Providers’ Experiences. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 7(2), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1907.02.06
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