Strategies for Promoting Ego Integrity in Assisted Living Residents

This presentation examines the concept of ego integrity within the context of assisted living facilities, focusing on residents with varying needs for physical assistance and activities of daily living (ADLs). It explores the objectives of such facilities, emphasizing the promotion of ego integrity, as defined by Erikson's psychosocial theory, which is crucial for older adults. The presentation delves into ADLs, the importance of resolving regrets, and the variables that influence ego integrity, such as age, health, and marital status. It also covers measurement scales, psychosocial needs, and strategies for enhancing the well-being of older adults, including individual and group activities like walking clubs and reminiscence. The presentation highlights the significance of staff attitudes and the role of activities in ensuring the older adults' satisfaction and overall quality of life. It concludes by reinforcing the relevance of Erikson's stage eight in the context of assisted living, with references to supporting research.

Ego Integrity Presentation
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Introduction
• The scenario is for an assisted
living facility
• The unit houses 20 older
adults
• The residents of the units are
cognitively functional
• The older adults have
different requirement of
physical assistance and ADLs
• Thus, promotion of ego
integrity is vital in this context

Objectives of the assisted living facility
The major objectives are-
• To understand the varying degrees of physical
assistance with ADLs
• To promote the ego integrity (Westerhof,
Bohlmeijer, & McAdams, 2017)
• To facilitate the individual and group activities

Determination of ADLs and support for Ego
Integrity
Activities of Daily Living are
concerned with the fact that it is
reflecting the basic tasks which
can accomplish every day work
of individual to thrive. The major
activities are-
• Personal Hygiene
• Continence Management
• Dressing (Kleijn et al., 2016)
• Feeding
• Ambulating

Ego Integrity development and associated
theory
• It is mainly concerned as coming to
terms with one’s life (Chan &
Nakamura, 2015)
• It is prevalent among the older
adults of assisted living facility
• A preoccupation with the past
experience have been observed in
this context
• Psychological Crisis Theory of
Erikson is prevalent in this regard.

Achieving Ego Integrity through personality
development
• Resolving the regret is vital for
the development of ego
integrity
• Erikson’s stage eight has
supported the concern
• Resolving the regrets at the age
of 52 can indicate higher ego
integrity generation at the age
of 62 (Seo, Min & Kim, 2017)

Involved variables to determine the ego
integrity promotion
• The involved factors
which are associated
with controlling the ego
integrity are-
• Age (Busch et al., 2018)
• Education
• Marital Status
• Health
• Religion

Ego Integrity Measurement
• Study 1: Development of the Ego Integrity Scale (Nazir
et al., 2016)
• Study 2: Convergent Validity of the Ego Integrity Scale

Development of the Ego Integrity Scale
• Mainly two steps are involved
• Step one is associated with the generation of
the items to develop the Ego Integrity Scale
(Nazir et al., 2016)
• Step two is linked with Reliability, Factor
Structure and Convergent Validity

Convergent Validity of the Ego Integrity
Scale
• It is mainly to determine the convergent validity (Darling-Fisher & Leidy, 2015)
• EI-15 can be used as the integrity scale to measure the Self-efficacy
• It is essential to gather the data from both men and women older adults

Psychosocial needs for the older Adults
• Based on the scale the ego integrity can be
determined
• It is helpful to live healthier (Vuksanovic, Dyck
M., & Green, 2015)
• Strategies development for the Ego Integrity
generation is possible through this

Developmental task of the older adults
• It is necessary for the staff members to concentrate
towards the own attitude determination (Andrew &
Meeks, 2018)
• It so vital for long-term care community support
• Sense of satisfaction from regular life and occupational
practices are essential
• Restriction towards the physical declination through
aging must be developed
• Satisfaction generation during the past life
accomplishment is vital