Becoming 'at Home' in Assisted Living Residences: Exploring Place Integration Processes
| Autor: | Steven V. Owen, Pei Fen J. Chang, Malcolm P. Cutchin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Social Psychology Individuality Place attachment Personality Assessment Social Environment Nonprobability sampling Interpersonal relationship Assisted Living Facilities New England Activities of Daily Living Adaptation Psychological Humans Interpersonal Relations Social Behavior Object Attachment Aged Aged 80 and over Health Facility Size Social environment Social engagement Social relation Clinical Psychology Well-being Chronic Disease Quality of Life Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 58(4):234-234 |
| Popis: | Objectives This study explores the roles of place attachment, nonfamily social involvement, place valuation, and individual characteristics in the process of becoming at home in assisted living residences. Methods Purposive sampling and cross-sectional data by means of a questionnaire completed by current assisted living residents in four states (N = 297) were used to estimate a structural equation model to explain becoming at home. Results Place attachment to town and community is a necessary but not sufficient explainer of older adults' process of becoming at home. Nonfamily social involvement plays a pivotal role through which place attachment works to explain becoming at home. Both place valuation and nonfamily social involvement exhibit direct positive effects on the outcome. Discussion Findings support a transactional interpretation of assisted living as home. The relationship between place attachment to one's community and full integration into assisted living is more complex than currently acknowledged. |
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