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| Behavior sequences of long-term care residents and their social partners | | Author(s) | Miriam S Rose, Rachel A Pruchno |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 54B, no 2, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp S75-S83 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Social interaction ; Nursing homes ; Medical equipment ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The similarities and differences in social interactions of residents of an assisted living facility and those of a nursing home are examined. Given increasingly popular alternative models of long-term care such as assisted living, this study seeks to identify how these long-term care settings differentially promote dependence and independence among their residents. Data were collected during 256 observations of 64 residents and their social partners at meal times in public areas. Sequences of antecedent and response behaviours relating to independence and dependence in the two different long-term care settings were examined. Social patterns responded consistently to behaviour of long-term care residents, and the behaviour of residents was consistently affected by that of their social partners. These sequential interactions were not affected by setting. Differences in the nursing home and assisted living facilities' stated philosophies of care were not manifested in the interactions of their staff and residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990430008 A |
| Classmark | KX: TMA: LHB: LW: 48: 7T |
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