Older people’s experiences involving the decision to transition to an aged care home
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
The decision to relocate to an aged care home can is important change in older adults live but little attention has been paid to their experiences of this decision. The study explored older people’s experiences involving the decision to transition to an aged care home. Data were obtained via semi-structured interviews with 17 participants, which were content analyzed. Results: Transition motives, ambiguity, participation in decision making and decision making meaning were four themes extracted through data analysis. Conclusions: In the main, the decision to transition to an aged care home had been made without the older person’s participation. In addition, due to inadequate information about aged care home services, participants experienced a great deal of ambiguity in the decision-making process. Moreover, transition into aged care homes had different meaning for the participants. The findings suggest that far greater emphasis must be placed on having older people involved in the decision to move into residential aged care, providing them with more information about service offerings and making psychological support accessible to them prior to and following transition to the home.
Authors and Affiliations
Zamanzadeh Vahid| PhD in nursing, professor, Medical-surgical nursing, nursing & midwifery faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Pakpour Vahid| Ph.D Candidate of Nursing, Nursing & midwifery faculty of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Corresponding Email: vahidpakpour@gmail.com, Rahmani Azad| PhD in nursing, Assistant professor, Medical-surgical department, nursing & midwifery faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, Lorraine Chenoweth Lynnette| PhD in nursing, Professor, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, University of New South Wales, Australia, Mohammadi Eesa| PhD in nursing, professor, Nursing department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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