Strategies older adults use in their work to get back to normal following hospitalization

Daniel Liebzeit; Lisa Bratzke; Barbara King

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.003

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Strategies older adults use in their work to get back to normal following hospitalization

Daniel Liebzeit, Lisa Bratzke and Barbara King

Geriatric nursing (New York), Vol.41(2), pp.132-138

03/01/2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.003

PMCID: PMC7031030

PMID: 31443983

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Loss of function is a significant concern among hospitalized older adults, and prior research suggests they engage in dedicated work to regain “normal” function following hospitalization. This paper aims to describe the strategies older adults use to return to normal function and the conditions that influence their ability to do so. Recently discharged adults aged 65 and older (N = 14) completed in-depth one-on-one interviews. Data were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding. Participants described strategies they used to regain their normal function following hospitalization: doing exercises, expanding physical space, resuming activities and daily cares, and tracking improvement with benchmarks. Several conditions, such as presence of informal and formal support, perceived threats, and poor physical or physiologic function, acted as barriers and facilitators to participants’ ability to work back to normal function. Findings increase our understanding of patients’ work to regain normal function and have important implications for practice.

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Title: Subtitle: Strategies older adults use in their work to get back to normal following hospitalization
Creators: Daniel Liebzeit - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lisa Bratzke - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Barbara King - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Geriatric nursing (New York), Vol.41(2), pp.132-138
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.08.003
PMID: 31443983
PMCID: PMC7031030
NLM abbreviation: Geriatr Nurs
ISSN: 0197-4572
eISSN: 1528-3984
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000056, name: National Institute of Nursing Research, award: F31NR017104; DOI: 10.13039/100007015, name: University of Wisconsin
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2020
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9984370639302771

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