Elderly Community Residents' Reactions to the Nursing Home: An Analysis of Nursing Home-Related Beliefs
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- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 31 (1) , 107-115
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/31.1.107
Abstract
Among older adults, the nursing home is widely accepted as an essentially unavoidable specter facing those in their later years. Survey responses from 250 older community dwellers indicated that beliefs regarding care-related issues were more important determinants of their reactions to nursing homes than were the risks their own situation entailed. As predicted, fears about one day entering a nursing home and the perceived likelihood of so doing are best understood as responses to beliefs regarding the quality of residents' care, residents' quality of life, the costs of care, and the family's role in providing care. The implications of these findings are discussed.Keywords
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