The elders’ self care as a work instrument in the caring process

Authors

  • Maria Helena Lenardt
  • Débora O. Michaltuch
  • Tatiane Prette Kuznier
  • Vanessa Luz dos Santos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v10i1.4671

Keywords:

Cuidados de enfermagem, Idoso, Cuidado, Cultura, Nursing care, Aged, Care, Culture, Atención de enfermería, Anciano

Abstract

An ethnographic study about the eldersselfcare in a surgical unit and at their homes. Field data were collected from August/2002 until March/2003, founded on Spradleys participant observation and ethnographic interview. The aim of this study was to get to know how elderly surgical patients deliver self-care during the hospitalization in a surgical unit and at home after discharge. There were (5) identified domains. The theme evolved from the ethnographic description was: the elders self-care, the meaning cobwebs that they weaved.

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Lenardt, M. H., Michaltuch, D. O., Kuznier, T. P., & dos Santos, V. L. (2005). The elders’ self care as a work instrument in the caring process. Cogitare Enfermagem, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v10i1.4671

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Research

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