Improving the retirement village to residential aged care transition.
Older Australians living in retirement villages are an increasing community segment. These people make choices both about the place at which they live and the support needed at that place to optimise health and wellbeing. However, for some, unmet support needs in the retirement village may result in a transition to a residential aged care facility. This qualitative study explored how and why this transition occurs; how it might be avoided; and, when the move is unavoidable, how the process can be improved. Implications of these findings for the retirement village and aged care sectors are discussed.
Cheek
Julianne
J
Centre for Research into Sustainable Health Care, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. julianne.cheek@unisa.edu.au
Ballantyne
Alison
A
Byers
Loretta
L
Quan
James
J
D000368:Aged; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012179:Retirement; D013021:South Australia; D014739:Victoria