Abstract
Purpose: The objective of this study is to clarify the nursing interventions of public health nurses (PHNs) who visit housebound elderly people in order to expand their daily activities. Methods: A qualitative inductive (factor-exploratory) study using semi-structured interviews was conducted with eleven PHNs who had been in charge of the community for over 5 years, who were recommended by PHN administrators, and each of whom gave consent. The interviews were recorded and transcribed, and a detailed analysis was carried out for clarifying concrete nursing interventions. Results: We found that nursing interventions consist of three levels for housebound elderly people themselves, their families, and communities, which were classified into 14 categories (e.g., connecting with uses of resource), 8 categories (e.g., understanding relation in family), and 6 categories (e.g., analyzing community problems), respectively. Conclusion: We found how to support house bound elderly people concretely in order to expand their daily activities and by working with multi-level nursing interventions for housebound elderly themselves, their families and communities.
