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Assisted living in Ontario and Israel: what you see is what you get
- Authors:
- LIGHTMAN Ernie, DORON Israel
- Journal article citation:
- Global Ageing, 3(3), December 2005, pp.22-38.
This article presents and compares the experience with assisted living for older people in the province of Ontario, Canada and the States of Israel, two societies that have been previously compared because of broad similarities in their historical welfare state development. The article looks at the rapid growth in assisted living and argues that it has developed as a largely private sector response to the failure of government to address the housing and care needs of older people. The article also highlights the lack of government regulation in this area.
A typology of new residents’ adjustment to continuing care retirement communities
- Authors:
- AYALON Liat, GREED Ohad
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 56(4), 2016, pp.641-650.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Purpose of the study: The study was designed to examine the diverse experiences of older adults upon their transition to continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Design and methods: As part of a larger qualitative study on CCRC residents and their adult children, the first wave of interviews with 59 CCRC residents located in 12 different CCRCs was analysed. A line-by-line analysis was followed by constant comparisons within each interview and across interviews in order to identify commonalities and differences. Subsequent to the identification of major thematic categories, whole interviews were analysed to identify unique response-patterns across interviews. Findings: Three major themes emerged: (a) continuity versus discontinuity in life experiences following the transition to the CCRC; (b) time-orientation (e.g., past, present, or future); and (c) place attachment (e.g., within the CCRC or in the larger community). These 3 themes distinguished among four different types of CCRC residents: “shades of grey,” “still searching after all these years,” “disapprover,” and “I finally found it.” Implications: The study offers a unique perspective on the adjustment process to CCRCs, by stressing the need to view qualitative differences in adjustment, rather than level of adjustment. Whereas CCRCs allow a segment of older adults to truly enjoy the opportunity for a new beginning in old age, for others, the transition does not pose a major change from past life experiences and is not viewed with the same level of enthusiasm. (Edited publisher abstract)