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Moving to a hostel: the perceptions of older people who move from hospital to hostel ('low level') care
- Authors:
- ATKINSON Anne, TILSE Cheryl, SCHLECHT Nilissa
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(1), March 2000, pp.9-13.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on Australian research which aims to: explore the perceptions of older people regarding the process of transition from hospital and to hostel ('low level') care; examine their experiences of hostel living after transfer; and to develop, on the basis of these findings appropriate professional practice guidelines.
Meaning as outcome: understanding the complexity of decision-making around residential placement in aged care
- Author:
- TILSE Cheryl
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 53(4), December 2000, pp.15-19.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Changes in aged care and health policy have introduced an increasingly complex assessment, resource option, and economic and regulatory context for decision-making regarding relocation to residential care. This article reports on an Australian study exploring residential placement from the perspective of spouses who place a long-term partner in an aged care facility. It highlights the importance of understanding the meaning of such decision-making for the spouse who remains at home and explores that ways in which the placement is constructed as either a continuation of, or a refusal to, care for a long-term partner. The paper draws out the implications for social work practice and identifies the challenge to merge knowledge of resource packages, care options and financial arrangements with a concern with the processes of decision-making and the emotional and symbolic aspects of such decisions.