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- Title
The Resilience of Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities and Related Factors.
- Authors
Xuan Liu; Chii-Jun Chiou
- Abstract
Background: Statistics released in June 2011 show that senior citizens account for 10.76% of the total population. The proportion of those that live in institutions is 2.28%, a percentage 2.25 times higher than 1996. Resilience is important to successful aging. Therefore, exploring resilience in institutionalized elderly can help increase our understanding of how institutions facilitate successful aging. Purpose: This study investigated the resilience of institutionalized elderly participants and significant factors of influence. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was adopted; random cluster samples were recruited from 14 long-term care institutions located in Kaohsiung; 121 elderly residents agreed to answer the study questionnaire, with a valid return rate of 100%. Research tools used in this study included a resilience scale, health status scale (SF-12), and family support level scale. Cronbach's α for the scales ranged between .82 and .95. Results: Participants reported moderate resilience; education level, mental health status, and family support were predictive variables of resilience, explaining a collective 11% of total variance. Each 1-point reduction in participant mental health score increased by 1.02 times that participant's likelihood of being in the low resilience category; each 1-point reduction in activity level increased by 1.78 times the participant's likelihood of being in the low resilience category. Conclusion/Implications: Institutions should implement care measures to increase resident activity level, psychological health, and family support. Measures such as enhancing mobility, integrating psychological care resources, and providing friendly environments for family interaction can strengthen the resilience of elderly residents, enhance stress coping abilities, and reduce the adverse effects of stressful events.
- Subjects
LONG-term care facilities; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience; CROSS-sectional method; ELDER care; MENTAL health &; social status; LIFE change events
- Publication
Journal of Nursing & Healthcare Research, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 3, p179
- ISSN
2072-9235
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6225/JNHR.08.3.179