The meaning of “comfort” to elderly individuals living in long-term care hospitals

- The nurses have to perceive themselves as an important persons for elderly patients' comfort because the elderly patient has faith that a problem that cannot be treated by the patient's self-medicating will be solved by the hospital's medical staffs.
- Elderly have a new vitality through interactions with their doctors and other patients, and family-like relationships were established.
- For the elderly patients in the long-term care hospitals, the time taken to manage the problem is important.