title: Individualizing care: family roles in nursing home decision-making.
abstract: l. Family members remain fully involved in nursing home decision-making after their relative has been admitted to a facility. 2. Family involvement in nursing home decision-making serves to individualize care and provide a continuing link to the resident's personal history and preferences. 3. Family members assume an array of decision-making roles in nursing homes, including: caregiving, pampering, comforting, engaging, educating, monitoring, mediating, colluding and controlling.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rowles
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: High
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning