Table 3 Example of data analysis in the category “abuse from co-residents”
Sub- Categories | Code | Meaning unit |
|---|---|---|
Common | Resident-to resident aggression are common | We have very often residents that are both physically and psychological aggressive towards other residents. |
Resident - to resident aggression as normalized | Difficult to do something with resident- to resident aggression | I think it is due to the cognitive failure, so then it is not an abuse, because it doesn’t help to just talk to the resident. |
Resident-to-resident aggression a big part of everyday life in nursing homes | We may have a little thick skin in relation to where the limit goes for what we accept. Because it is such a big part of our everyday life that it became normal in a way. | |
Normal behaviour from people with dementia | When we have focus on dementia, it becomes normal for us to see such behaviour. | |
Hitting | Physical abuse – hitting when trespassing a resident rom | We had a patient who was hit and beaten by the same resident several times. The resident walks into his room and simply knocked him down, and that is a despair. |
Verbal abuse | Psychological abuse – verbal abuse normal behaviour for people with dementia | Then we have residents with frontotemporal dementia who just acts in that way, they just verbally offending others, but it is their way of behaving. |
Violation of resident’s privacy | Psychological abuse – violation of resident’s privacy when trespassing into another resident’s room | Trespassing into another residents’ room that happens a lot, but it’s a violation of their privacy, and if the resident can’t speak or is cognitive impaired, they may be unable to tell if something is happening. |
Stealing things | Financial abuse – stealing things | They steal things from each other’s room, yeas that happened. |
Sexual assault | Sexual abuse – sexual assault and an ethical dilemma | We see sexual approaches or that they forgot that they are married and find each other instead. But that is more a dilemma than an assault …. or maybe it can be an assault… well I don’t know. |