@article{ref1,
title="Life experiences of elderly people with suicide ideation at the long-term care hospitals in South Korea",
journal="International journal of nursing practice",
year="2017",
author="Kim, Ok Sun and Sok, Sohyune R.",
volume="23",
number="6",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To understand the life experiences of elderly people who are living in long-term care hospitals and are afflicted with suicide ideation. <br><br>METHODS: A phenomenological qualitative methodology based on Colaizzi's method was used for the study. Participants included 9 elderly people who are 65 years old or older with suicidal ideas and were admitted in any of the 3 long-term care hospitals in D City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Data were collected from July to December 2014. <br><br>RESULTS: Seven categories, 15 theme categories, 30 themes, and 88 significant items were identified as parts of their life experiences. The 7 categories were identified as &quot;being a slave to one's disease&quot;, &quot;sadness as a result of being far away from one's family&quot;, &quot;vain care and consolation for me&quot;, &quot;continued life in a hospital, which feels like living abroad&quot;, &quot;plunging life&quot;, &quot;moving toward the end of life&quot;, and &quot;sad relief from death&quot;. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The findings from this study provide a deep understanding of the lives of elderly people who were staying in long-term care hospitals, and these will help improve their quality of life. Additionally, they can be used as references in implementing high-quality nursing practices for such elderly people.<br><br>© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1322-7114",
doi="10.1111/ijn.12597",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12597"
}