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Do not hear, see, or speak: views of older residents and their adult children about the nursing unit in the continuing care retirement community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2016

Liat Ayalon
Liat Ayalon*
Affiliation:
Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Liat Ayalon, PhD, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Background:

The present study evaluated views of continuing care retirement community (CCRC) residents and their adult children concerning the nursing unit (NU) within the CCRC.

Methods:

Qualitative interviews with older adults and their adult children were conducted. Analysis consisted of 187 interviews with older adults and their adult children over a period of up to six years. Analysis relied on constant comparisons within the same interview, over interviews of the same person over time, and between CCRC residents and their adult children. Major themes were identified to construct a coherent storyline.

Results:

The NU was viewed as a different universe that should be avoided at all costs. This was attributed to: (1) the association of the NU with one's impending decline and dependence and (2) beliefs about substandard care in the NU.

Conclusions:

The findings point to the ambivalence expressed by CCRC residents and their adult children concerning the NU, even though to some degree, the NU represents the main reason for the transition to a CCRC.

Keywords

long-term carecontinuing careageismstigmafunctional declineautonomy
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 28 , Issue 11 , November 2016 , pp. 1867 - 1877
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2016 

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