Table 2.

Main themes, themes and sub-themes that emerged in the qualitative review of health and ill health among old persons and need of community health care.

Reconciliation with how life has become	Desire to restore loss of identity and self-worth in spite of disability
Creating meaning and experience of worthiness in health care and society	A mental struggle to regain independency with the help of caregivers
Maintaining balance, stability and adjustment	Loss of self-worth related to the changing body
The meaning of being responsible for others and society
Togetherness