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- Title
Using Action Research to Address Loss of Personhood in a Continuing Care Setting.
- Authors
Ashburner, Charlotte; Meyer, Julienne; Johnson, Barbara; Smith, Cheran
- Abstract
This article describes a three-year action research project, aimed to support staff in recognizing and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a U.K. National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long-term care of older people. Interventions used to support this development included the collection and sharing of residents' life histories, weekly team super- vision meetings for staff, an action learning set for managers, and monthly exter- nal supervised meetings for both the action researcher and senior manager. This article reports on the processes and outcomes of change achieved and the learning gained from working in a collaborative way with staff. Given that current policy indicates the need for person-centered care, this study provides a possible mechanism for putting it into practice through a systems and psychodynamically informed approach.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ACTION research; SOCIAL science research; OLDER people; GREAT Britain. National Health Service
- Publication
Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2004, Vol 12, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
1054-1373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1054137303259739