The Story as a Quality Instrument

Developing an Instrument for Quality Improvement Based on Narratives of Older Adults Receiving Long-Term Care

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15467342
AutoresAukelien Scheffelaar (0000-0001-9673-5164, Tilburg University, autor correspondente), Meriam Janssen (0000-0001-8973-725X, Tilburg University), Katrien Luijkx (0000-0002-1856-3819, Tilburg University)
Ano2021
Volume18
Fascículo5
Páginas2773-2773
Data de publicação2021-03-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18052773
PMID33803372
OpenAlexW3134600576
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas67

The individual experiences of older adults in long-term care are broadly recognized as an important source of information for measuring wellbeing and quality of care. Narrative research is a special type of qualitative research to elicit people's individual, diverse experiences in the context of their lifeworld. Narratives are potentially useful for long-term care improvement as they can provide a rich description of an older adult's life from their own point of view, including the provided care. Little is known about how narratives can best be collected and used to stimulate learning and quality improvement in long-term care for older adults. The current study takes a theoretical approach to developing a narrative quality instrument for care practice in order to discover the experiences of older adults receiving long-term care. The new narrative quality instrument is based on the available literature describing narrative research methodology. The instrument is deemed promising for practice, as it allows care professionals to collect narratives among older adults in a thorough manner for team reflection in order to improve the quality of care. In the future, the feasibility and usability of the instrument will have to be empirically tested

Narrative · Quality (philosophy · Survey instrument · Term (time · Applied Psychology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Gerontology