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Thriving – a useful theoretical perspective to capture the experience of well-being among frail elderly in nursing homes?
Article first published online: 12 JAN 2002
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01990.x
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Bergland, Å. and Kirkevold, M. (2001), Thriving – a useful theoretical perspective to capture the experience of well-being among frail elderly in nursing homes?. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36: 426–432. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01990.x
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- Issue published online: 12 JAN 2002
- Article first published online: 12 JAN 2002
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Keywords:
- thriving;
- failure to thrive;
- nursing home residents;
- nursing homes;
- frailty
Thriving – a useful theoretical perspective to capture the experience of well-being among frail elderly in nursing homes?
Aim. The aim of this article is to discuss the concept of thriving and its adequacy in describing the experience of well-being among physically frail nursing home residents.
Background. There is a lack of theoretical perspectives describing nursing home residents’ experience of well-being.
Method. The article is based on a literature review and analysis of how the concept of thriving is used in different professional traditions. Three different theoretical perspectives are presented: (1) thriving as an outcome of growth and development; (2) thriving as a psychological state; (3) thriving as an expression of physical health state. In the second part of the paper, the three perspectives are discussed.
Conclusion. The authors suggest that there is a need to develop a new concept: that of thriving in physically frail nursing home residents. The article discusses how each of the three theoretical perspectives may contribute to the formation of this concept.