Older Adults Diagnosed With Schizophrenia in Long-term Care Facilities: Life Course Theory for Holistic Nursing Research and Practice.

Autor: Walker VG; The University of Texas at Austin., Walker EK; The University of Texas at Austin.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association [J Holist Nurs] 2022 Jun; Vol. 40 (2), pp. 181-192. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 09.
DOI: 10.1177/08980101211025372
Abstrakt: Older adults diagnosed with schizophrenia (OADWS) often enter long-term care facilities with unique challenges related to trauma and stress experienced throughout their life course. Health care workers often report that when they work with this population, they feel unprepared due to limited training. In this article, life course theory is presented as a lens for holistic nursing research and as a way for nurses to adapt interventions already used with cognitively impaired older adults (e.g., those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease) for OADWS in long-term care. It is hoped that these ideas will facilitate discussion of ways to inform training for holistic long-term care of OADWS. Holistic principles of nursing addressed with life course theory as a lens include the following: (a) accounting for strengths and challenges; (b) honoring experiences, values, and health beliefs; (c) viewing interrelationships with the environment; and (d) nurturing of peace, wholeness, and healing.
Databáze: MEDLINE