TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychosocial Intervention Use in Long-Stay Dementia Care
T2 - A Classic Grounded Theory
AU - Hunter, Andrew
AU - Keady, John
AU - Casey, Dympna
AU - Grealish, Annmarie
AU - Murphy, Kathy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - The objective of this study was to develop a substantive grounded theory of staff psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care. "Becoming a person again" emerged as the core category accounting for staffs' psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. Interview data were collected from participants in nine Irish long-stay settings: 14 residents with dementia, 19 staff nurses, one clinical facilitator, seven nurse managers, 21 nursing assistants, and five relatives. Constant comparative method guided the data collection and analysis. The researcher's theoretical memos, based on unstructured observation, and applicable extant literature were also included as data. By identifying the mutuality of the participants' experiences, this classic grounded theory explains staff motivation toward psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. It also explains how institutional factors interact with those personal factors that incline individuals toward psychosocial intervention use.
AB - The objective of this study was to develop a substantive grounded theory of staff psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care. "Becoming a person again" emerged as the core category accounting for staffs' psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. Interview data were collected from participants in nine Irish long-stay settings: 14 residents with dementia, 19 staff nurses, one clinical facilitator, seven nurse managers, 21 nursing assistants, and five relatives. Constant comparative method guided the data collection and analysis. The researcher's theoretical memos, based on unstructured observation, and applicable extant literature were also included as data. By identifying the mutuality of the participants' experiences, this classic grounded theory explains staff motivation toward psychosocial intervention use within long-stay care. It also explains how institutional factors interact with those personal factors that incline individuals toward psychosocial intervention use.
KW - Ireland
KW - dementia
KW - grounded theory
KW - psychology-psychological issues
KW - qualitative research
KW - quality of life
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978904351&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1049732316632194
DO - 10.1177/1049732316632194
M3 - Article
C2 - 26935720
AN - SCOPUS:84978904351
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 26
SP - 2024
EP - 2034
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 14
ER -