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NURSING SCIENCE QUARTERLY
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 376-382Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0894318407306542
Keywords
hermeneutic phenomenology; living at home; oldest old
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This phenomenological-hermeneutic study was an inquiry into the lived experience of 16 very old persons who were living in their own homes. The nursing perspective was Gadow's existential advocacy for nursing practice. The study findings led to the essence of the phenomenon: pragmatic transition to old age, within a restricted 14 future. Heideggerian concepts were applied and the findings were discussed in relation to the guiding theoretical perspective and related literature. Understanding the meaning of being a very old person is fundamental to developing nursing interventions to help people remain independent, with a sense of self-determination, for as long as possible.
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