A Study of the nurse manager's perception of aging and the institutional care provided at geriatric intermediate care facilities.

简介：本研究的目的是澄清之间的关系，护士管理者的看法，老年人和机构提供的老年中间护理facility.Method：定性描述性设计被用来了解和描述的看法，老年人和护理政策的护士管理者。一个半结构化的访谈进行了，和参与者的看法，老人和护理政策在护理facility.Results的提取和分析定性：参与者是6名护士经理与老年中间护理设施。他们对老年人的看法是多样的、丰富的、成熟的。这些因素分别是：“童年时附近有老人”、“照顾老人的经历”、“老人在护理设施的印象深刻的事件”、“从同事那里了解老人”、“通过讲习班了解老人”、“感受自己的衰老”和“护理设施周围地区的地方特色”。护理经理照顾老年居民依靠她的照顾老年人的政策。这些政策是：“尽量照顾长者的需要”、“重视在日常生活上给予长者的支援”，以及“提供舒适的设施，让长者可以放松身心”。护理管理人员能够发挥领导作用，因为他们对照顾老年人有信心。这种信心包括以下几个要素：“他们对老人的看法”、“管理人员的培训和学习机会”、“他们对老人护理和福利的长远愿景”、“是否有人际网络”和“对工作的奉献精神”。

Introduction : The purpose of this study is to clarify the relation between the nurse manager's perceptions of elderly people and the institutional care provided at geriatric intermediate care facilities.Method : Qualitative descriptive design was used to understand and describe the perceptions of the elderly and the care policies of nurse managers. A semistructured interview was conducted, and participant's perceptions of the elderly and the care policies at the care facilities were extracted and analyzed qualitatively.Results : The participants were six nurse managers who were associated with geriatric intermediate care facilities. Their perceptions of elderly people were various, rich and maturative. These are related to seven factors as follow : "existence of an old person nearby during their childhood", "experiences of caring for an old family member", "impressive events by the elderly at the care facilities", "learning about elderly person from their fellow workers", "learning about the elderly through workshops", "feeling own aging", and "local characteristics in the area around the facilities". Nurse managers took care of old residents relying on her care policies for the elderly. The policies are : "to support the needs of an elderly person as much as possible", "to value the support given to the elderly in their daily lives", and "to make facilities comfortable enough for old people to relax". Nurse managers were able to display the leadership because of having confidence hi the care of the elderly. This confidence consist of the following elements : "their perceptions of the elderly", "manager's opportunities for training and study", "their long-term vision for elderly care and welfare", "availability of a human network", and "devotion to their work".