介護老人福祉施設で自分から人との交流をもとうとしない高齢者の思い

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  • カイゴロウジン フクシ シセツ デ ジブン カラ ヒト ト ノ コウリュウ オ モトウ ト シナイ コウレイシャ ノ オモイ
  • Feelings of elderly nursing home residents who do not proactively attempt to interact with others

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An increasing number of elderly people are confining themselves to their rooms even at nursing home. The present study aimed to clarify the feelings of nursing home residents who do not proactively attempt to interact with others. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on １０ nursing home residents （３ men and ７ women with an average age of ７６．８ years, standard deviation of ７．９ years ; length of residency，６ months‐１４ years） following approval from the ethical review board of our university. We categorized the narratives of the subjects in the verbatim record. The following ７ categories were extracted from interview transcripts : ‘I am unable to adjust to living here’ ; ‘Despite there being people around me, I am lonely’； “There is nothing I want to do here’ ; ‘I don’t want to approach others’ ; ‘I can’t think of anything to do due to my poor health’ ; ‘I want to do as I like without hesitation’ ; and ‘I don’t want to bother others’. These categories depict nursing home residents as living in loneliness due to passivity in the environment promoted by feelings of not wanting to bother others, poor health and an inability to approach others or attempt to find desirable things to do due to failure to adjust to the people or environment. The present findings indicate the necessity of creating an atmosphere in which elderly residents can adjust to the environment and can systematically begin to form relationships from the start of residency. Management of physical health is also required to prevent residents from becoming passive.

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