Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions, perspectives and meaning of quality ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions, perspectives and meaning of quality of life for a sample of older residents, care staff and family caregivers in two nursing homes in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach A classic grounded theory study was conducted between 2010 and 2011 in two nursing homes in Beirut. The semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a theoretical sample of 20 residents, 8 family caregivers and 11 staff. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the data. Findings Three distinct but interrelated properties of quality of life emerged from this process: “maintaining self,” “maintaining identity” and “maintaining continuity”. The dynamics that exist within and between each of these properties provide an indicator about shared and distinct meanings and the implications for care practice. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in one city in Lebanon; accordingly, the transferability of findings may be challengin...
Critical Social Policy 1996 Vol 16 No 2 Pp 111 119, 1996
In March 1994, the report of the first review of mental health nursing in England and Wales since... more In March 1994, the report of the first review of mental health nursing in England and Wales since 1968 (Ministry of Health, 1968) was pub-lished (Department of Health, 1994). The appearance of this report is significant because of the major ideological and structural ...
International journal of older people nursing, Jan 29, 2015
Located in two care homes in Lebanon, the study explores the perspectives of quality of life for ... more Located in two care homes in Lebanon, the study explores the perspectives of quality of life for a sample of older residents, care staff and family caregivers. Quality of life for older people living in care homes is traditionally reported in the literature as a Westernised construct and so far little is known about its meanings from an Arabic cultural perspective and context. There is also a knowledge gap about the conditions of older people living in care homes in Lebanon. The study was a qualitative exploration of perspectives of quality of life of older residents, care staff and family caregivers. Two care homes for older people situated in Beirut took part in the study. Between 2010 and 2011 semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a sample of 20 residents, eight family caregivers and 11 care staff. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method. Four categories emerged from this analytical process: (i) maintaining family connectedness; (ii) engaging in worthwh...
International history of nursing journal : IHNJ, 1997
Twenty-five loosely structured interviews were conducted with subjects who had been associated wi... more Twenty-five loosely structured interviews were conducted with subjects who had been associated with Prestwich Hospital for varying lengths of time between 1922 and 1975. The information which these subjects provided was significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides an account of what life was like in one large psychiatric institution during the middle years of the twentieth century. Secondly, these accounts revealed that even within one institution there were huge variations in the standard of nursing practice. Furthermore, at the lower end of the continuum of quality of care there was little change in nursing practice until the final quarter of the twentieth century.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
A widely-held belief among mental health workers is that they provide a patient-centred, non-inst... more A widely-held belief among mental health workers is that they provide a patient-centred, non-institutionalised service to their clients. In this article, the author points out the contradictions between this belief and the reality of the care. He argues that the blame lies with nursing's inability to formulate its own model of care.
Working in Partnership, the Department of Health's report on the 1994 review of mental he... more Working in Partnership, the Department of Health's report on the 1994 review of mental health nursing, implies that mental health nurses should develop anti-oppressive approaches to nursing practice. There is a notable absence of articles within the nursing literature which specifically address this issue. This is possibly because the historical and ideological issues which have informed the development of mental health nursing are complex and difficult to unravel. However, an integration of the theories of David Cooper and Frantz Fanon may provide an appropriate starting point for the development of a theory of anti-oppressive practice which addresses some of the issues specific to mental health nursing.
... 6-7. Stenge, LR (1977) The Prevention and Management of Disturbed Behaviour, Ontario, Ministr... more ... 6-7. Stenge, LR (1977) The Prevention and Management of Disturbed Behaviour, Ontario, Ministry of Health. Szasz, T. (1994) Cruel Compassion, Chichester, John Wiley and sons. ... Wallcraft, J. (1992) 'User empowerment', Mindwave, 15 (Summer), p. 2. Page 16.
... T. Szasz, The manufacture of madness, Routledge, London (1971). J. Ussher, Women's madne... more ... T. Szasz, The manufacture of madness, Routledge, London (1971). J. Ussher, Women's madness: misogyny or mental illness, Macmillan, London (1991). J. Wallcraft, Women & ECT, Spare Rib 183 (1987), pp. 2024. Corresponding ...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions, perspectives and meaning of quality ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore perceptions, perspectives and meaning of quality of life for a sample of older residents, care staff and family caregivers in two nursing homes in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach A classic grounded theory study was conducted between 2010 and 2011 in two nursing homes in Beirut. The semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a theoretical sample of 20 residents, 8 family caregivers and 11 staff. The constant comparative method was used to analyze the data. Findings Three distinct but interrelated properties of quality of life emerged from this process: “maintaining self,” “maintaining identity” and “maintaining continuity”. The dynamics that exist within and between each of these properties provide an indicator about shared and distinct meanings and the implications for care practice. Research limitations/implications The study was conducted in one city in Lebanon; accordingly, the transferability of findings may be challengin...
Critical Social Policy 1996 Vol 16 No 2 Pp 111 119, 1996
In March 1994, the report of the first review of mental health nursing in England and Wales since... more In March 1994, the report of the first review of mental health nursing in England and Wales since 1968 (Ministry of Health, 1968) was pub-lished (Department of Health, 1994). The appearance of this report is significant because of the major ideological and structural ...
International journal of older people nursing, Jan 29, 2015
Located in two care homes in Lebanon, the study explores the perspectives of quality of life for ... more Located in two care homes in Lebanon, the study explores the perspectives of quality of life for a sample of older residents, care staff and family caregivers. Quality of life for older people living in care homes is traditionally reported in the literature as a Westernised construct and so far little is known about its meanings from an Arabic cultural perspective and context. There is also a knowledge gap about the conditions of older people living in care homes in Lebanon. The study was a qualitative exploration of perspectives of quality of life of older residents, care staff and family caregivers. Two care homes for older people situated in Beirut took part in the study. Between 2010 and 2011 semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a sample of 20 residents, eight family caregivers and 11 care staff. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method. Four categories emerged from this analytical process: (i) maintaining family connectedness; (ii) engaging in worthwh...
International history of nursing journal : IHNJ, 1997
Twenty-five loosely structured interviews were conducted with subjects who had been associated wi... more Twenty-five loosely structured interviews were conducted with subjects who had been associated with Prestwich Hospital for varying lengths of time between 1922 and 1975. The information which these subjects provided was significant for two reasons. Firstly, it provides an account of what life was like in one large psychiatric institution during the middle years of the twentieth century. Secondly, these accounts revealed that even within one institution there were huge variations in the standard of nursing practice. Furthermore, at the lower end of the continuum of quality of care there was little change in nursing practice until the final quarter of the twentieth century.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
A widely-held belief among mental health workers is that they provide a patient-centred, non-inst... more A widely-held belief among mental health workers is that they provide a patient-centred, non-institutionalised service to their clients. In this article, the author points out the contradictions between this belief and the reality of the care. He argues that the blame lies with nursing's inability to formulate its own model of care.
Working in Partnership, the Department of Health's report on the 1994 review of mental he... more Working in Partnership, the Department of Health's report on the 1994 review of mental health nursing, implies that mental health nurses should develop anti-oppressive approaches to nursing practice. There is a notable absence of articles within the nursing literature which specifically address this issue. This is possibly because the historical and ideological issues which have informed the development of mental health nursing are complex and difficult to unravel. However, an integration of the theories of David Cooper and Frantz Fanon may provide an appropriate starting point for the development of a theory of anti-oppressive practice which addresses some of the issues specific to mental health nursing.
... 6-7. Stenge, LR (1977) The Prevention and Management of Disturbed Behaviour, Ontario, Ministr... more ... 6-7. Stenge, LR (1977) The Prevention and Management of Disturbed Behaviour, Ontario, Ministry of Health. Szasz, T. (1994) Cruel Compassion, Chichester, John Wiley and sons. ... Wallcraft, J. (1992) 'User empowerment', Mindwave, 15 (Summer), p. 2. Page 16.
... T. Szasz, The manufacture of madness, Routledge, London (1971). J. Ussher, Women's madne... more ... T. Szasz, The manufacture of madness, Routledge, London (1971). J. Ussher, Women's madness: misogyny or mental illness, Macmillan, London (1991). J. Wallcraft, Women & ECT, Spare Rib 183 (1987), pp. 2024. Corresponding ...
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