@article{ref1,
title="Deciding about the use of a personal safety alerting device-the need for a legitimation process: a qualitative study",
journal="Journal of Advanced Nursing",
year="2020",
author="Thilo, Friederike J. S. and Schols, Jos M. G. A. and Halfens, Ruud J. G. and Linhart, Monika and Hahn, Sabine",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIMS: To explore reasons, thoughts, motives, and influencing factors regarding the use or non-use of Personal Safety Alerting Devices (PSADs) in the daily lives of community-dwelling older persons.   DESIGN: A qualitative descriptive study design was used.   METHODS: Six focus groups were conducted with a total of 32 older persons between February-August 2016. Data analysis followed the Qualitative Analysis Guide of Leuven.   RESULTS: The participants described the use or non-use of PSADs as a decision resulting from a &quot;legitimation process&quot;. This process implies that a person needs to perceive the necessity for a PSAD and then determine the right moment at which to start using it. During this process, each person weighs her or his &quot;ageing self&quot; and &quot;perception of technology&quot; then decides whether to start using a device or to delay its use. &quot;Critical events&quot; initiate this process, compelling the person to consider their own safety and their possible need for assistance.   CONCLUSION: The legitimation process suggests that the initiation of PSAD use represents a turning point in life. Using a PSAD is not simply a matter of obtaining one. It is a complex decision-making process establishing legitimation for its use, which is interwoven with one's individual ageing, self-perception, and the meaning attributed to the device.   IMPACT: Older persons need to be supported; in particular, they require time to go through the legitimation process for PSAD use. Nurses can empower them in this process, such that they perceive using a PSAD as a means to restore their frailty balance and feel enabled to (re)gain control over their own life and thus to preserve their independence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0309-2402",
doi="10.1111/jan.14566",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.14566"
}