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Life around ....; Staff's perceptions of residents' adjustment into long-term care
Author(s)	Elaine C Wiersma
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 29, no 3, September 2010
Pages	pp 425-434
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org/cjg doi: 10.1017/S0714980810000401
Keywords	Care home staff ; Attitude ; Residents [care homes] ; Adjustment ; Care homes ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada.
Annotation	The move to a long-term care facility can be particularly traumatic for new residents. Staff can make this transition easier in a number of ways. However, the staff's perceptions of the transition process and residents' experiences will play a significant part in determining the type of support that is given residents during the transition. The purpose of this research was to examine the staff's perceptions of a person's coming to live in a long-term care environment. Using in-depth interviews with staff from one long-term care facility, three main themes emerged that encompassed descriptions of residents' lives. Essentially, the staff described how residents learned to live a life involving various factors in three main categories: life around losses, life around the institution, and life around the body. (KJ).
Accession Number	CPA-101112202 A
Classmark	QRM: DP: KX: DR: KW: 3DP: 7S
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