Erfarenheter av hemgång efter sjukhusvistelse : En allmän litteraturöversikt ur den äldre individens perspektiv

Sammanfattning: Background: Frail older individuals run a greater risk of having to be cared for in hospital. Returning home after hospital discharge is often linked to an increased need for support from relatives or via care interventions. Close relatives experience worries, stress and despair linked to the older individuals return home. Nurses experience great importance in collaboration between nurses and the importance of participation and information to the elderly in the transition process. Purpose: The purpose was to shed light on older individuals' experiences of returning home after hospitalization. Method: Friberg's analysis method of processed material, which is called a general literature review. Results: The older individual have experiences of a transition process that involves reduced physical function and activity, dependence on caregivers and relatives, with emotions such as uncertainty, worry, fear, stress and frustration, with a lack of sufficient information. Conclusion: The experiences of the older individual show that there are areas in the transition process that the nurse can influence and improve in order to reduce the older individuals suffering in the transition process.