title: Transition of new residents to long-term care: basing practice on residents' perspective.
abstract: Admission to a long-term care facility is a time of disorganization and adaptation. New residents experience transition breakdown beginning with a sense of homelessness as they learn the rules of institutional living. With the passage of time, residents may be able to create a place of their own. Story sharing is an important way to help new residents integrate into the unfamiliar long-term care facility.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heliker
authors.forename: Alwilda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scholler-Jaquish
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005610:Freedom; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010343:Patient Admission; D010550:Personal Space; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas