Elderly Community Residents' Reactions to the Nursing Home: An Analysis of Nursing Home-Related Beliefs

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 home...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 1991-02, Vol.31 (1), p.107-115
Main Authors: Biedenharn, Paula J., Normoyle, Janice Bastlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged - psychology
Attitude
Attitudes
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Fear & phobias
Fears about nursing homes
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Illinois
Indiana
Long term health care
Long-term care
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nursing home expectations
Nursing Homes
Nursing Homes - standards
Older Adults
Older people
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Social research
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/31.1.107