여성 독거노인의 삶 = The Life of Elderly Women Living Alone

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: This study aimed to uncover the fundamental nature of living alone in female elderly. Methods: The phenomenological
research approach developed by van Manen was adopted. Results: The theme was ‘taking a firm stand alone on
the edges of life’. The composition elements of living alone experienced by elderly women were as follows: 1) Corporeality:
participants perceived their bodies by their health status. Unhealthy participants were suffering with diseases and dependant
on other persons, while healthy participants were free from family responsibility and kept on moving. 2) Spatiality: participants
felt both freedom and loneliness while they stayed home. 3) Relationality: participants felt pity and yearning for their
bereaved husband and sometimes talked to his picture. According to their children’s filial piety, participants were pleased
or displeased. However, they incessantly devoted themselves to their children. 4) Temporality: participants considered the
rest of their life as extra-time which was proceeding to death, and tried to keep themselves busy before they died. Conclusion:
A nurse should understand the multifarious aspects of elderly women’s life, and then intervene to consolidate their
strengths for self-supporting the final years of life.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: This study aimed to uncover the fundamental nature of living alone in female elderly. Methods: The phenomenological
research approach developed by van Manen was adopted. Results: The theme was ‘taking a firm stand alone on
the edges of life’. The composition elements of living alone experienced by elderly women were as follows: 1) Corporeality:
participants perceived their bodies by their health status. Unhealthy participants were suffering with diseases and dependant
on other persons, while healthy participants were free from family responsibility and kept on moving. 2) Spatiality: participants
felt both freedom and loneliness while they stayed home. 3) Relationality: participants felt pity and yearning for their
bereaved husband and sometimes talked to his picture. According to their children’s filial piety, participants were pleased
or displeased. However, they incessantly devoted themselves to their children. 4) Temporality: participants considered the
rest of their life as extra-time which was proceeding to death, and tried to keep themselves busy before they died. Conclusion:
A nurse should understand the multifarious aspects of elderly women’s life, and then intervene to consolidate their
strengths for self-supporting the final years of life.

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