Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Health - Nursing
Science - Nursing Management, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences
Frankfurt am Main (Fachbereich 4), course: Health in the Nordic
Countries - Lifestyle and Environment, language: English, abstract: The
aim of this assignment is to find out if the elderly's Sense of
Coherence has an impact on the way they accept and adapt to nursing
technology. The method that has been used consists of qualitative and
quantitative research. The use of both methods helped to get a broader
understanding of the technologies' impact on elderly people. A
phenomenological hermeneutical method was used to understand and analyse
the articles that were chosen. Aaron Antonovsky's theory Sense of
Coherence gave the opportunity to find out how elderly people cope with
the use of technology. Throughout the analysis four different articles
are used to bring in different aspects on nursing technology, how the
elderly adapt to technology and the importance of ethical aspects. The
Sense of Coherence's effect on the adaption to nursing technology is
illuminated. To draw a conclusion, nursing technology seems to be an
ambivalent but effective tool in caring for elderly people. Health
professionals and elderly people need education to handle the technology
and to take advantage of the benefits. It is important for nurses to
focus on the elderly's Sense of Coherence to make it easier to accept
and adopt to the technology. It is important for the nurse to take into
consideration the ethical aspects of safety, dignity and rights of
people when working with nursing technology. Furthermore the future
development of nursing technology and its impact on nurses and elderly
people are considered.
