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Elderly married persons living in long term care institutions
— a qualitative analysis of feelings | | Author(s) | James W Gladstone |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 15, part 4, December 1995 |
| Pages | pp 493-513 |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Married persons. |
| Annotation | An analysis of the feelings of married couples, one of whom is living in a long-term institution, which reveals positive feelings about benefits to self and spouse, a reappraisal of self as caregiver, and appraisal of living in an institution. It also reveals negative feelings about the care being received, tensions with staff, stress associated with visiting, loneliness and privacy and feelings about the marital relationship. Implications for service delivery are discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960105008 A |
| Classmark | I: L: 4Q: SLP |
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