“If There Isn’t Love, It Isn’t Home”: An Exploration of Relationship Qualities and the Meaning of Home for Residents in Aged Care
Exploring the meaning of home is essential for the quality of life and well-being of older people in residential aged care. ‘Home’ is a spiritual concept that is deeply personal and important for older people. Using a qualitative, phenomenologically-based methodology, the meaning of home for ten old...
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| description | Exploring the meaning of home is essential for the quality of life and well-being of older people in residential aged care. ‘Home’ is a spiritual concept that is deeply personal and important for older people. Using a qualitative, phenomenologically-based methodology, the meaning of home for ten older people living in residential aged care in Australia was examined using in-depth interviews to draw out the depth of meaning around the home. A key finding of the study showed that ‘home’ means connection through meaningful relationships and meaningful connection to place. The current paper focuses on meaningful relationships required for an older person to feel ‘at home’ in residential aged care. Drawing on residents’ personal narratives, fresh insights are provided into essential relationship qualities, and suggestions are made on how quality relationships can be facilitated and maintained, both for and by residents, to increase a sense of homeliness in residential aged care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5251b2e07982423690c0654978e211e22023-12-01T22:38:04ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-06-0113760410.3390/rel13070604“If There Isn’t Love, It Isn’t Home”: An Exploration of Relationship Qualities and the Meaning of Home for Residents in Aged CareSally Louise Mordike0School of Theology, Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, ACT 2600, AustraliaExploring the meaning of home is essential for the quality of life and well-being of older people in residential aged care. ‘Home’ is a spiritual concept that is deeply personal and important for older people. Using a qualitative, phenomenologically-based methodology, the meaning of home for ten older people living in residential aged care in Australia was examined using in-depth interviews to draw out the depth of meaning around the home. A key finding of the study showed that ‘home’ means connection through meaningful relationships and meaningful connection to place. The current paper focuses on meaningful relationships required for an older person to feel ‘at home’ in residential aged care. Drawing on residents’ personal narratives, fresh insights are provided into essential relationship qualities, and suggestions are made on how quality relationships can be facilitated and maintained, both for and by residents, to increase a sense of homeliness in residential aged care.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/604meaning of homerelationshipspiritualityolder peopleresidential aged care |
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