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| Attitudes toward aging and retirement homes before and after entry into a retirement home | | Author(s) | Alexander Seifert, Hans Rudolf Schelling |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 32, no 1, January-March 2018 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-March 2018 |
| Pages | pp 12-25 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Attitude ; Care homes ; Admission [care homes] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Switzerland. |
| Annotation | The change of one's habitual living conditions in favour of institutionalised living in a retirement home can be a stressful event. Therefore, the question arises, how does entry into a retirement home affect attitudes toward one's life and ageing and toward retirement homes? To answer this question, the authors used longitudinal data from 53 older individuals who were surveyed before and after entry into a retirement home in Zurich, Switzerland. The data revealed that attitudes toward one's life and ageing changed negatively, and attitudes toward retirement homes changed positively. However, there are gains and losses in both attitudes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180323222 A |
| Classmark | KX: DP: KW: KW:QKH: 3J: 76C |
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