Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Older Persons in Transition to Receive Homecare: Being Somewhere in between Competing Values

Table 1

An illustration of the themes, variations, and interpretation emerged from the analysis.

Themes	Variations	Interpretations
The beginning of the transition process	Time perspective; Marker events; Experiences; Involvement and role; State of health; Attitudes to receive help	It is essential to have insight into the patients’ transition history
To interpret and act in correspondence with the individual patient’s situation	Personality; Consciousness; Communication; Courage; Professionalism; Responsibility; Empathy; Attention; Acting independently	The nurse’ repertoire is challenged in the transition process
Considering the patient and the person as recipient of home care	Habits; Exchanges; Everyday life; Wholeness; Motivation; Resources; Autonomy; Dependency; Next of kin	Care must be adapted to the patients’ life world
To provide person oriented and individualized care is dependent upon internal and external conditions	Cooperation; Competence; Continuity and time; Documentation and information	The excellence of care is challenged by the context