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. 2020 May 9;8(2):131.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020131.

Nurses' Experiences of Promoting Healthy Aging in the Municipality: A Qualitative Study

Fan Wu  1 , Eva Drevenhorn  2 , Gunilla Carlsson  2
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Nurses' Experiences of Promoting Healthy Aging in the Municipality: A Qualitative Study

Fan Wu et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of promoting healthy aging in municipalities. A descriptive qualitative research design based on semi-structured interviews with 13 nurses was employed. The nurses described the importance of giving older adults the possibility to live as individuals, but also that the organization matters as too does the nurses' own desire to work professionally and with passion. Nurses in the municipality noticed that in today's world, there is a changing perspective of older adults. They more often want to continue their previous life and care greatly about quality of life and because of this, they also expect more service from their health care. Our study suggests that nurses should be supported to specialize in elderly care and measures should be taken to reduce the gap between vision and reality when it comes to team work.

Keywords: elderly frail; health promotion; organization; primary care nursing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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