title: Nursing home placement. Factors affecting caregivers' decisions to place family members with dementia.
abstract: Nurses who work with older adults with dementia in the community are aware of how difficult it can be for family members to make placement-related decisions, and need research-based information to help families make these decisions. This article presents the results of a qualitative research study intended to explore the factors influencing caregivers' decision-making process related to placing an elderly family member with dementia in a nursing home. Using the study findings, the author suggests a theory which helps to explain some of the decision-making factors which appear to influence caregivers' abilities to make placement-related decisions. The nursing implications of this theory, and recommendations for future research, are presented.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hagen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes