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  "abstract": "Quality of life (QoL) is a central outcome in nursing home care. Previous research has identified several threats to residents’ QoL; less attention has been paid to residents’ own understandings of what contributes to resident QoL. This study aimed to explore nursing home residents’ experiences of everyday life and what they considered important for their QoL. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with residents in nursing homes. Data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. One overarching theme, What matters to me , comprising seven sub-themes, was generated. QoL was closely linked to maintaining a sense of self, influencing everyday life, engaging in meaningful relationships and activities and feeling understood and acknowledged. Residents described adjusting their expectations, requests and behaviour to institutional routines and resource limitations, sometimes leaving needs and preferences unexpressed. This suggests that acceptance or absence of requests may not necessarily indicate that residents’ needs and preferences are being met.",
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      "name": "Håkan Eldskott"
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  "published": "2026-11-10",
  "publisher": "SAGE Publishing",
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  "title": "‘What matters to me’: A qualitative study of residents’ experiences of how everyday life shapes quality of life in nursing homes",
  "title_text": "‘What matters to me’: A qualitative study of residents’ experiences of how everyday life shapes quality of life in nursing homes",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/cjv43trw8k14z",
  "venue": "Nordic Journal of Nursing Research",
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