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The cultural context of adjusting to nursing home life: Chinese elders' perspectives
- Authors:
- LEE Diana T. F., WOO Jean, MacKENZIE Ann E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(5), October 2002, pp.667-675.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Although there is a body of knowledge relating to the different challenges residents encounter after nursing home placement, less is known about the actual process of how they handle these challenges and adjust after such placement. This study described the process whereby Hong Kong Chinese residents adjust following nursing home placement. Newly admitted elders adjusted through the four stages of orienting, normalizing, rationalizing, and stabilizing as they struggled to regain normality with a life that was as close to that lived before admission as possible. A number of experiences suggested in the literature as barriers to adjustment, such as living with rules and regulations, and the communal nature of nursing home life were not regarded as important by Chinese elders. However, establishing relations with other residents was a particular challenge for them.