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| Catalysts and barriers to social support in a nursing home | | Author(s) | Barbara J Patterson |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 2, no 2, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 73-84 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Social interaction ; Nursing homes ; Patients ; Architectural design ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The critical role of social support in the maintenance of health and well-being has been widely documented in recent years, with an increasing emphasis on older people. Nevertheless, little empirical research has focused on the environmental features of nursing homes which may influence the perception of social support by the older person. Social support is part of a transactional process between persons and their support network, which is subsequently influenced by personal and environmental features. This study explored the environmental contextual features that influenced social support within a particular nursing home in the United States (US). Qualitative data were gathered from 12 months of participant observation. Physical, social and symbolic aspects of the environment were identified that either facilitated or impeded social interaction, and, in turn, opportunities for and actual expressions of support exchanges among residents and others (e.g. lack of areas for small group interaction, restraint policy, verbal and non-verbal language). Theoretically, the findings support social interaction as an intervening variable between environmental contextual features and perceptions of support. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212225 A |
| Classmark | P6: TMA: LHB: LF: YB3: 7T |
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