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Volume 3
Advanced Practices in Nursing
ISSN: 2573-0347
Advanced Nursing Research 2018
June 14-15, 2018
June 14-15, 2018 | Dublin, Ireland
48
th
World Congress on
Advanced Nursing Research
Very old people’s management of hearing and vision in daily life
Gro Gade Haanes
University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands
Statement of the Problem:
Age related hearing and vision impairments are normal and increase by age. Sensory impairments
are known risk factors for functional decline, reduced social participation, withdrawal, depression and accidents. Hearing and
vision impairments make people vulnerable and have an impact on an individual’s quality of life. The purpose of this study was
to investigate how very old recipients of home care manage their hearing and vision in daily life. A second aim of this paper
was to describe other daily matters of importance for the very old.
Methodology &Theoretical Orientation:
Explorative, descriptive design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10
recipients of home care, aged 89 years. Two broad areas of enquiry were investigated: how the elderly evaluated their hearing
and vision and how they managed important daily matters. The interviews were analyzed in line with a qualitative thematic
analysis method.
Findings:
The participants felt frail and were coping with several challenges not directly related to hearing and vision
impairments. The manifest content showed that all admitted to having hearing and vision problems, but the more latent
content of the data showed that the elderly were marked by their high age and expressed a feeling of loneliness was expressed
together with a lack of energy.
Conclusion & Significance:
Very old people who receive home care admit to have impaired hearing and vision, but although
they often feel loneliness, hearing and vision problems could not be prioritized by the very old. Instead, they use their most of
their impaired energy to manage other serious health challenges.
Biography
Gro Gade Haanes is an Assistant Professor in Pharmacy, Ph.D. reader, Sjúkrarøkt knowledgeable faculty at University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands. Gro Gade
Haanes at the Department of Health and Society will defend his dissertation for the degree PhD. Hearing, vision, and lighting conditions among older recipients of home
care.
groh@setur.foGro Gade Haanes, Adv Practice Nurs 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2573-0347-C2-020