Frequency of Visitation in Nursing Homes: Patterns of Contact across the Boundaries of Total Institutions

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Abstract
Visitation of residents in nursing homes helps to maintain role relationships with people outside the boundaries of these total institutions. A questionnaire was used to assess reported frequency of visitation at three nursing homes in light of attributes of the visit, the resident, the visitor, and the relationship between visitor and resident. The survey revealed that greater frequency of visitation was most strongly associated with shorter distances that visitors must travel, close kinship between visitor and resident, and shorter length of residence in the home.

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