Qualitative Research on the Emotion Experience and Long-term Care Needs of the Disabled Elderly at Home
Wang Qian
Chen Chunyan
Zhang Dongmei
Abstract：OBJECTIVE To deeply understand the life experience and long-term care needs of the disabled elderly in home environment,so as to provide reference for improving the long-term care services for the disabled elderly.METHODS Purposive sampling method was used to select the home disabled elderly discharged from a Class three hospital in Nanjing from June 2023 to September 2023 for semi-structured in-depth interviews.Colaizzi's seven-step analysis method in phenomenological research was used to analyze the data.RESULTS 5 emotional experience,desire for external and themes were extracted:positive emotional experience,negative support help,expectation of living environment suitable for aging,and tendency to live at home.CONCLUSION The experience and care needs of the disabled elderly at home are complex and diverse.The caregivers should pay attention to the negative emotions of the disabled elderly at home,enhance their confidence in health management,strengthen the support and help from family,community and medical institutions,and improve the care service system for the disabled elderly.
Keywords：disabled elderly at homeexperiencelong-term caredemandqualitative research
Publication Date：2025-02-09
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 26-29 )