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Memories, identity and homeliness
— the social construction of mealtimes in residential care homes in South Wales | | Author(s) | Susan Philpin, Joy Merrell, Joanne Warring |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 34, no 5, May 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, May 2014 |
| Pages | pp 753-789 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Food ; Meals services ; Social interaction ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Quality of life ; Qualitative Studies ; Wales. |
| Annotation | Mealtimes in residential care homes are fundamentally social occasions, providing temporal structure to the day and opportunities for conversation and companionship. There is a dearth of research exploring care home residents' mealtime experiences in the United Kingdom. This paper reports on particular findings from a qualitative study which investigated factors influencing nutritional care provided to residents in two different types of residential care settings in South Wales. Data on observation of food preparation and mealtimes throughout the day was gathered from focus group interviews with relevant staff members (N = 15), individual interviews with managers (N = 4) and residents (N = 16) of the care homes and their informal carers (N = 10). Data and other relevant documents were analysed using thematic analysis. This paper's focus is on the ways in which care home residents' experiences and understandings of mealtimes were influenced by environmental factors, such as the home's geographical location, physical lay-out and ambience. The shared meaning of mealtimes for residents, informal carers and staff was constructed from each group's socio-cultural background, family experiences and memories, and was integral to residents' sense of normality, community and identity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522006 A |
| Classmark | CF: YP: NR: TMA: KX: KW: F:59: 3DP: 9 |
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