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The spirit issue for the inhabitants of the nursing home

This research is mainly aimed at the spirit issue for the residents of the nursing home to investigate the correlation of satisfaction between the physical condition, psychologic condition and spirit condition. The subjects are the residents of three nursing homes in Kaohsiung city. The measure of structural questionnaire is selected and adopted by this research. Two hundred and seventy questionnaires are issued, and two hundred and fifty-two questionnaires are valid.
The valid questionnaires are analyzed by descriptive statistical measurement, one-way ANOVE, Independent-Samples T test, and examined the differences with the control by Bonferroni.
The results of this research are listed as follows:
1. The correlation of satisfaction in regard to the residents¡¦ basic conditions:
The older residents are more satisfied with the nursing home. The residents¡¦ satisfaction for the nursing home is less and less when they stay there longer and longer. Single residents are more content than married, divorced, widowed, and widowered residents. There is no difference in the correlation of satisfaction between the residents with different religions and education levels. The residents with independent economic ability are more contented with the nursing home.
2. The correlation of satisfaction in regard to the residents¡¦ physical conditions:
There is difference in the self-image between the residents with normal hearing and without hearing. The residents who can communicate with others by oral language have better relationship and they are more content. The residents with
normal sightare more satisfied. The residents who have to rely on others in their daily lives are most unsatified.
3. The correlation of satisfaction in regard to the residents¡¦ psychologic conditions:
There is no difference in the correlation of satisfaction between the residents with different sentiments. The residents with good behavior are more satisfied. The residents who have good relationships with others and join the activities actively are more content.
According to the results of this research, we would like to make some suggestions.The government institutions, educationists, nursing home¡¦s superintendents and clinical staffs should provide the fine and practical services, including of physical, psychology and spirit care. These fine services should reach the target of practical nursing and moreover, spirit care should be the responsibility of all nursing staffs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-1123107-213024
Date23 November 2007
CreatorsLin, Ai-chen
ContributorsYuan-Yi Chia, Ying-Chun Li, Hsiu-Yueh Hsu
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-1123107-213024
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