"Hoping to See the Future I Prefer": An Element of Life-World for Older Women Living Alone

• Autores: Eileen Porter, Tolu O. Oyesanya, Kathy A. Johnson
• Localización: Advances in Nursing Science, ISSN 0161-9268, Vol. 36, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 26-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We interact with Dorcy's earlier work in Advances in Nursing Science on hope, noting that scholars have emphasized hope in suffering rather than exploring hoping in everyday life. We did a secondary analysis of 4 descriptive phenomenological studies with older women (N = 81, aged 75-98). Findings included a 4-level taxonomy of life-world. Four future-related subelements (such as, having a future I cannot see, down the road) intersected with the element hoping to see the future I prefer. Five of its subelements were common across the sample, including hoping that I do not get to that point. Findings have implications for expanding scholarship pertaining to hoping.