%0 Journal Article
%T Feeling Respected as a Person: a Qualitative Analysis of Frail Older People¡¯s Experiences on an Acute Geriatric Ward Practicing a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
%A Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar
%A Katarina Wilhelmson
%A Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
%A Theresa Westg£¿rd
%J -
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4010016
%X Abstract Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) practices multidimensional, interdisciplinary, and diagnostic processes as a means to identify care needs, plan care, and improve outcomes of frail older people. Conventional content analysis was used to analyze frail older people¡¯s experiences of receiving CGA. Through a secondary analysis, interviews and transcripts were revisited in an attempt to discover the meaning behind the participants¡¯ implied, ambiguous, and verbalized thoughts that were not illuminated in the primary study. Feeling ¡°respected as a person¡± is the phenomenon participants described on a CGA acute geriatric ward, achieved by having a reciprocal relationship with the ward staff, enabling their participation in decisions when engaged in communication and understanding. However, when a person was too ill to participate, then care was person-supportive care. CGA, when delivered by staff practicing person-centered care, can keep the frail older person in focus despite them being a patient. If a person-centered care approach does not work because the person is too ill, then person-supportive care is delivered. However, when staff and/or organizational practices do not implement a person-centered care approach, this can hinder patients feeling ¡°respected as a person¡±. View Full-Tex
%K geriatric
%K frail older people
%K person-centered care
%K participation
%K communication
%K understanding
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/4/1/16