An examination of nursing students' outlook toward the elderly after having visited daycare centers for seniors

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  • 通所施設見学において看護学生がもった老年者観の検討
  • ツウショ シセツ ケンガク ニ オイテ カンゴ ガクセイ ガ モッタ ロウネンシャカン ノ ケントウ

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The objective of this study is to illustrate nursing students' outlook toward the elderly after having visited adult daycare centers. The subjects were 38 students in the second year of a 4-year nursing college. Data was collected from reports on their perceptions of the elderly,written after visiting the adult daycare centers, and were analyzed using Berelson's method From the results,five categories and 25 subcategories were derived. Among the categories, there was a high frequency of three positive items "They are active," "They show concern for others " and "They have rich facial expressions" It can be assumed that the positive nature of these categories resulted from the strong impact of seeing ,with their own eyes ,how energetically the elderly lived despite sickness or handicap. Another characteristic of the elderly that students were able to take notice of gave the category "There are physical differences between them". Therefore, it was suggested that introducing a visit to an adult daycare center as a part of the elderly nursing education program is an effective way of enriching students' perceptions of the elderly.

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