title: Life around ... : staff's perceptions of residents' adjustment into long-term care.
abstract: The move to a long-term care facility can be particularly traumatic for new residents. Staff can make this transition easier in a number of ways. However, the staff's perceptions of the transition process and residents' experiences will play a significant part in determining the type of support that is given residents during the transition. The purpose of this research was to examine the staff's perceptions of a person's coming to live in a long-term care environment. Using in-depth interviews with staff from one long-term care facility, three main themes emerged that encompassed descriptions of residents' lives. Essentially, the staff described how residents learned to live a life involving various factors in three main categories--life around losses, life around the institution, and life around the body.
authors.affiliation: Master of Public Health Program, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON. ewiersma@lakeheadu.ca
authors.forename: Elaine C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Wiersma
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011788:Quality of Life; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D013028:Space Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013998:Time Perception