Social Contact and Belonging Among Older People Receiving Home Care Nursing

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Table 1 Examples of the Manifest Analysis

Meaning Unit	Condensed Meaning Unit	Code	Category
“I am in such bad shape; I do not have the energy to contact other people and talk with somebody. I have enough with myself”	Being in bad shape and not having the energy to contact and be social with other persons	Not having energy to be social	Social activity – availability of the necessary resources
“Then, my children visit me, and they carry me on their hands. They have been absolutely incredible”	Cherishing children who come to visit and take care of her	Having a close relationship with the family	Importance of contact with family and friends
“When you get very old, all your friends are dead… No friends are living any longer. It is not fun being old”	Being very old, all her friends do not live any longer. She perceives that being old is not fun	Having no friends	Importance of contact with family and friends
“Sometimes they have time to sit down and talk with me for a while. Other times they are busier”	Experiencing that the nurses sometimes have time to sit down and talk with her	Valuing talking with the homecare nurses	Interaction with helpers and accommodation of needs
“I would prefer to be at home. But since I became the way I became; my house was not suitable to stay at home”	Expressing that she prefers to live at home in her previous house, but now she was not able to live there	Having the strongest attachment to old place of residence	Importance of housing
When I look back, I do not understand how I managed to overcome all the work I have done. Nowadays, the evenings come very soon”	Looking back, he does not understand how he managed to overcome all the work successfully. In old age he perceives the days getting shorter	Looking back on overcoming a hard-working life	Reflection on the past and considering life in context

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