title: The roles staff play in the social networks of elderly institutionalized people.
abstract: This paper concerns different ways in which nursing home residents interpret their relationships with institution staff. The research on which it is based involved an anthropological social network analysis. Analysis revealed different patterns of resident-staff interaction that are described in relation to four types of personal networks. Their meaning is interpreted in terms of the tensions between residents' common needs for attachment and autonomy and their limited means to achieve satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester, School of Nursing, NY 14642.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012380:Role; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States