| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to get an extended understanding of how elderly patients experience their social situation when they live alone in
their own home. Twenty elderly patients with help from the home nursing care were interviewed. Findings showed that most of the time the
elderly were alone in their home, due to the absence of friends visiting, and mostly drop in visits from their family and community nurses. For
many elderly the telephone was an important facility. The study highlight a more specific use of the word and concept of loneliness, and the
importance of intercepting elderly who is in danger for being social isolated or lonely. In some cases it can be necessary to consider alternatives
to the present home nursing care in the shape of assistants or other helpers who can stay in the home over time, including helping the elderly
moving out of their residences. | en |
