Aims and objectives. To explore nursing home staff members' experiences of what dignity in
end of life care means to older people and to themselves. Background. Dignity is a concept …

The discussion of a palliative care and a dignified death has almost exclusively been
applied to people dying of cancer. As people are getting older and are living longer, nursing …

Background Maintaining dignity is an important element of end-of-life care and also of the
care given in nursing homes. Factors influencing personal dignity have been studied from …

Background Older people, living in nursing homes, are exposed to diverse situations, which
may be associated with loss of dignity. To help them maintain their dignity, it is important to …

Dignified care is a central issue in the nursing care of older adults. Nurses are expected to
treat older adults with dignity, and older adults wish to be treated in a dignified manner …

Aim To gain insight in the way nursing home residents experience personal dignity and the
factors that preserve or undermine it. Background Nursing home residents are exposed to …

Aim The aim of the RCN dignity survey was to gain the perspectives of nurses, healthcare
assistants and nursing students regarding the maintenance and promotion of dignity in …

Aim The aim of this study was to explore the salience and meaning of dignity and dignified
care for care providers and the implications for the proviosion of care. The project forms part …

Background: As part of an ongoing Scandinavian project on the dignity of care for older
people, this study is based on 'clinical caring science'as a scientific discipline. Clinical caring …

Abstract Background Nursing homes (NHs) are populated by the frailest older people who
have multiple physical or mental conditions and palliative care needs that may convey the …