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This study aims to describe the perspectives of older kidney transplant recipients about their experience of kidney transplantation, self-management, and treatment goals to inform strategies and interventions that address their specific needs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, setting, participants, & measurements<\/jats:title>\n Face-to-face semistructured interviews were conducted with 30 kidney transplant recipients aged 65\u201380 years from five renal units in Australia. Transcripts were analyzed thematically.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Six themes were identified: restoring vitality of youth (with subthemes of revived mindset for resilience, embracing enjoyment in life, drive for self-actualization); persisting through prolonged recovery (yielding to aging, accepting functional limitations, pushing the limit, enduring treatment responsibilities); imposing sicknesses (combatting devastating comorbidities, painful restrictions, emerging disillusionment, anxieties about accumulating side effects, consuming treatment burden); prioritizing graft survival (privileged with a miracle, negotiating risks for longevity, enacting a moral duty, preserving the last opportunity); confronting health deterioration (vulnerability and helplessness, narrowing focus to immediate concerns, uncertainty of survival); and value of existence (purpose through autonomy, refusing the burden of futile treatment, staying alive by all means).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Older kidney transplant recipients felt able to enjoy life and strived to live at their newly re-established potential and capability, which motivated them to protect their graft. However, some felt constrained by slow recuperation and overwhelmed by unexpected comorbidities, medication-related side effects, and health decline. Our findings suggest the need to prepare and support older recipients for self-management responsibilities, clarify their expectations of post-transplant risks and outcomes, and provide assistance through prolonged recovery after kidney transplantation.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2215\/cjn.05890616","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,31]],"date-time":"2017-01-31T20:41:20Z","timestamp":1485895280000},"page":"443-453","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":72,"title":["Perspectives of Older Kidney Transplant Recipients on Kidney Transplantation"],"prefix":"10.2215","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jule","family":"Pinter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;"},{"name":"Centre for Kidney Research, The Children\u2019s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia;"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, W\u00fcrzburg 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