Supporting residents moving into long-term care: multiple layers shape residents' experiences
Sussman, T.; Dupuis, S.
Journal of gerontological social work 57(5): 438-459
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1540-4048 PMID: 24372420 DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.875971Document Number: 236343
This interpretive grounded theory study explores 10 residents' retrospective accounts of the relocation process, including the decision to move into a long-term care home, the pre-move preparations, the moving day circumstances, and the initial adjustment period following the move. Analysis of the data revealed a complex intersection of conditions at multiple layers that shaped residents' experiences of the transitional process. Recommendations to enhance circumstances at individual, interpersonal, and systemic layers, for each temporal stage of the relocation process are proposed. Implications for social work practice across the continuum of care are also discussed.