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Planning an intergenerational shared site
— nursing-home staff perspectives | | Author(s) | Lori E Weeks, Colleen MacQuarrie, Lorraine Begley |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 14, no 4, October-December 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 288-300 |
| Source | htpp://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Care homes ; Children ; Infants ; Services ; Care support workers ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Nursing home staff perspectives on the development of intergenerational shared sites involving nursing homes and child care centres are lacking. The current study used a strengths-based and community capacity framework to learn of the perceived benefits and burdens for nursing home staff of implementing a shared site intergenerational programme. 42 nursing home staff completed a survey. Almost three-quarters of the participants either indicated strong positive support or saw more pros than cons in opening the childcare centre. Over 25% of participants indicated that it was very possible they would use this service if it were available. Quantitative and qualitative results indicated existing strengths and areas to build capacity around four themes: nursing home residents; nursing home staff; children attending the childcare centre; and the buildings and grounds. The research emphasised the importance of ensuring that other stakeholders, such as nursing home staff, were also fully informed, consulted and engaged in the process of developing a new colocated intergenerational programme to contribute to their success. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170217222 A |
| Classmark | LHB: KW: SBC: SBF: I: QRS: DP |
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