title: 'Finding home': a grounded theory on how older people 'find home' in long-term care settings.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A link between residents 'feeling at home' in long-term care facilities and 'quality of life' is emerging in the literature. Few studies, however, have focused on what helps residents to find a home in long-term care settings. This study aimed to fill this gap.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to understand older peoples' perceptions of 'being at home' in long-term care settings and the factors that influence these perceptions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grounded theory guided the study design. Residents (n = 61) living in public or private long-term care settings were interviewed using unstructured interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four categories were identified as critical to finding a home in long-term care settings: 'continuity', 'preserving personal identity', 'belonging' and 'being active and working'. 'Finding Home' was conceptualised as the core category. The potential to 'find home' was influenced by mediating and facilitating/constraining factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Theory of Finding Home was generated from the data. This theory describes the factors critical to 'finding home' in long-term care settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Theory of Finding Home gives insight into what matters to older people living in long-term care settings. Strategies to help generate a feeling of home in long-term care settings are shared.
authors.affiliation: National Unviersity of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. adeline.cooney@nuigalway.ie
authors.forename: Adeline
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cooney
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept