Being, feeling and acting: A qualitative study of Swedish home-help care recipients' understandings of dependence and independence

Adult Patients’ Experiences of Nursing Care Dependence

“…Objective bodily changes include physical impairments that put the body at the forefront, making it socially visible. These changes unveil daily life limitations, leading to loss of self‐care and thus requiring assistance from others (Hammarström & Torres, ; Lykkegaard & Delmar, ). The body can be experienced as foreign, with sensory alterations that can inhibit normal physical functioning (Lykkegaard & Delmar, ).…”

“…The body can be experienced as foreign, with sensory alterations that can inhibit normal physical functioning (Lykkegaard & Delmar, ). These changes unveil feelings of powerlessness and frustration (Hammarström & Torres, ; Lykkegaard & Delmar, ). Dependence unveils patients’ regression to early developmental phases.…”

The experience of older people living independently in Singapore

“…This study underscored the pioneer generation's sense of selfdetermination, desire to learn, and satisfaction and gratitude with life. Likewise, Hammarström & Torres (2010) identified that Swedish older people greatly value self-determination and control over activities of daily living. The desire to learn supports positive attitudes, strengthens self-efficacy and increases community engagement (Tung et al 2013).…”

Independence as a stigmatizing value for older people considering relocation to a residential home

“…The experience of being able to receive assistance and simultaneously remain an active agent was crucial (cf. Hammarström & Torres, 2010). In a way to handle that, the older people spoke ironically for instance of the home-helpers' short visits and they compared their visits with the game 'passing-by-peek-a-boo.'…”