| Title | Contemplating what I would do if someone got in my house: intentions of older homebound women living alone. |
| Author(s) | Porter EJ |
| Institution | Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. PorterEJ@missouri.edu |
| Source | ANS Adv Nurs Sci 2008 Apr-Jun; 31(2):106-18. |
| MeSH | Aged
Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems
Fear
Female
Homebound Persons
Humans
Residence Characteristics
Social Isolation
Violence
Vulnerable Populations
Women
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| Abstract | There is little research guiding interventions to help old homebound women prepare to manage an intrusion event. During a phenomenological study of the experience of reaching help quickly, I compared intentions during a possible intrusion event for 9 women subscribing to a personal emergency response system and 5 nonsubscribers. The phenomenon of contemplating what I would do if an intruder got in my home had 4 components. Only 2 personal emergency response system subscribers voiced the definitive intention to use the personal emergency response system. Findings underpin a new empirical perspective of competence grounded in situations relevant to living alone at home rather than specific tasks of daily living. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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| PubMed ID | 18497587 |
