Story Sharing: Restoring the Reciprocity of Caring in Long-Term Care
2007; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 45; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3928/02793695-20070701-07
ISSN1938-2413
Autores Tópico(s)Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
ResumoResidents in long-term care facilities often experience an interruption in the reciprocity of caring, inadvertently cut off when they enter the unfamiliar surroundings of a residential health care system. This transition from the give and take of caring to being completely cared for often leads to a breakdown of meaning, a loss of identity, and loneliness. This article addresses how an intervention called story sharing can restore the reciprocity of caring. Beginning with a review of the significance and functions of storytelling and listening, a specific story sharing intervention—the mutual sharing of everyday experiences among nurse aides and the nursing home residents for whom they care—is described. The theoretical and practice implications of story sharing are discussed. <h4>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</h4> <p>Dr. Heliker is Professor, Edgar and Grace Gnitzinger Chair in Geriatric Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.</p> <p>The study on which this article is based, Story Sharing: Enriching Nurse Aide-Resident Relations, was supported by funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research (RO1NR7780-4). The author thanks Nancy Diekelmann, PhD, RN, FAAN, Helen Denne Schulte Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, for consultation.</p> <p>Address correspondence to Diane Heliker, PhD, RN, 455 Mariners Drive, Kemah, TX 77565; e-mail: <a href="mailto:dheliker@utmb.edu">dheliker@utmb.edu</a>.</p>
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