Exploring the Experience of Nursing Home Residents Participation in a Hope-Focused Group

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Age range</td><td align="center">Marital status</td><td align="center">Children</td><td align="center">Educational background</td><td align="left">Occupation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="7">75–99</td><td align="center" rowspan="7">1 never married and 9 widowed</td><td align="center" rowspan="7">Number of children born by these women 0–8.<br/>Four women had lost 1 child.</td><td align="center" rowspan="7">Grade school through business college and university degree</td><td align="left">Nurse</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ran dairy farm</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Homemaker </td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lab assistant</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Teacher</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Office work</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Medical assistant</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Demographic characteristics of study participants.

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Table 1: Exploring the Experience of Nursing Home Residents Participation in a Hope-Focused Group 