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Becoming "at home" in assisted living residences
— exploring place integration processes | | Author(s) | Malcolm P Cutchin, Steven V Owen, Pei-Fen J Chang |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp S234-S243 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The roles are explored of place attachment, social involvement, place valuation and individual characteristics in the process of becoming at home in assisted living residences. A sample of 297 current assisted living residents in four states (Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon and Texas) completed questionnaires, data from which were used to estimate a structural equation model to explain becoming at home. Place attachment to town and community is a necessary but not significant explainer of older people's process of becoming at home. Non-family social involvement plays a pivotal role through which place attachment works to explain becoming at home. Both place valuation and non-family social involvement exhibit direct positive effects on the outcome. The findings support a transactional interpretation of assisted living as home. The relationship between place attachment to one's community and full integration into assisted living is more complex than currently acknowledged. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040406215 A |
| Classmark | KLA: RH: DP: 3F: 7T |
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