Study plan
From Caring for Older People to Ethical Analysis and Service Improvement in Nursing Home Practice
Build understanding from the meaning of caring for older people to the ethical challenges of nursing home practice, then apply both articles to ethical analysis and service improvement in older adult care.
Lessons in this plan
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Foundations of caring in Fagerberg & Engström (2012), “Care of the old: A matter of ethics, organization and relationships”
Describe the meaning of caring for older people in Fagerberg and Engström’s study, including attentiveness to needs, respect for individuality, pliability toward the older person’s pace and vulnerability, and the relational presence that gives care its ethical meaning.
- 2 Ethical challenges in nursing homes in Bollig et al. (2015), “Ethical challenges in nursing homes–staff’s opinions and experiences with systematic ethics meetings with participation of residents’ relatives” Summarize the main ethical challenges reported by nursing home staff in Bollig et al., including end-of-life decisions, resource constraints, everyday ethical issues, staff burden, and the need for systematic ethics work.
- 3 Comparing Fagerberg & Engström (2012) and Bollig et al. (2015): integrating caring meaning and nursing home ethics Compare how the two articles connect relationships, organizational conditions, and ethics in older adult care, and integrate Fagerberg and Engström’s account of caring meaning with Bollig et al.’s account of ethical challenges and ethics support.
- 4 Applying both articles to ethical analysis and service improvement in care of older adults Apply insights from both articles to analyze ethical situations in older adult care and propose service improvements such as regular ethics discussions, attention to everyday ethical issues, support from managers and co-workers, ethics education, and more person-oriented participation of older people and relatives.