Families’ Experiences Living with Acquired Brain Injury: “Thinking Family”—A Nursing Pathway for Family-Centered Care
Joint Authors
Karpa, Jane
Chernomas, Wanda
Roger, Kerstin
Heinonen, Tuula
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-08-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The objective of this study was to examine families’ experiences living with acquired brain injury (ABI) using a research approach that included both the affected individual family member and the family together as a family group.
A narrative inquiry study, informed by the life-stage approach of Lieblich, Tuval-Mashiach, and Zilber, was used to obtain family stories.
Families experiencing an ABI event were purposefully selected from different regions in a western Canadian province.
Centered on the life stages of before the ABI event, now living with the ABI, and the future, thematic findings included: Families, a grounding force; Losses, individual and family; Family adaptive capacities; Experiences with the healthcare system-hospital to home; and A patchwork future-entering the unknown.
Themes affirmed the significant impacts of ABI on individual and family members and acknowledged ABI as an ambiguous loss event.
The findings also illuminated families’ strengths and resiliencies in coping with living with ABI.
The study results suggest by “thinking family” nurses can contribute towards a healthcare model that focuses on “family” as the central unit of care.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karpa, Jane& Chernomas, Wanda& Roger, Kerstin& Heinonen, Tuula. 2020. Families’ Experiences Living with Acquired Brain Injury: “Thinking Family”—A Nursing Pathway for Family-Centered Care. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203263
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karpa, Jane…[et al.]. Families’ Experiences Living with Acquired Brain Injury: “Thinking Family”—A Nursing Pathway for Family-Centered Care. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203263
American Medical Association (AMA)
Karpa, Jane& Chernomas, Wanda& Roger, Kerstin& Heinonen, Tuula. Families’ Experiences Living with Acquired Brain Injury: “Thinking Family”—A Nursing Pathway for Family-Centered Care. Nursing Research and Practice. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1203263
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1203263