"This is not life, this is just vegetation"-Lived experiences of long-term care in Europe's largest psychiatric home: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
2021
PURPOSE Understanding the experiences of long-term care (LTC) may help to improve care by assisting mental health professionals and allowing mental health policies to be customized more effectively. DESIGN AND METHODS: Semistructured interviews were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). FINDINGS Three main themes emerged as a result: 1. Perception of selves, 2. Experience and representation of the institution, 3. Maintenance of safe spaces. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Communication with patients, investigation of their identity processes, and relationship toward their past and present self during LTC might aid in well-being and sense of congruency in their identities. Nurses should encourage patients to keep connected with their memories and past selves through different activities.
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