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"Making the best of things"
— relatives' experiences of decisions about care-home entry | | Author(s) | Sue Davies, Mike Nolan |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 429-450 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Attitude ; Admission [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Despite the growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the care-giving career, relatively few British studies have explored this experience in depth. Informed by a constructivist perspective, this study sought a better understanding of nursing home placements from the viewpoint of relatives. Data were collected in 37 semi-structured interviews involving 48 people who had assisted a close relative to move into a nursing home. Analysis revealed three perceived phases to the transition: "making the best of it", "making the move", and "making it better". The relatives' experiences through these phases had five perceived elements, all of which were continual - from absent to very strong - reflecting the extent to which these were felt. This paper reports findings about the first phase of the transition, "making the best of it", and documents the experiences of decision-making about nursing home placements. It is argued that health and social care practitioners have enormous potential to influence whether or not helping a relative to move into a nursing home is perceived as a positive choice. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030721203 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: DP: KW:QKH: LHB:QKH: 3F |
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