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Making a move: care-home residents' experiences of relocation
- Authors:
- REED Jan, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 23(2), March 2003, pp.225-241.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on a research study to identify patterns of relocation across care-homes, describe the strategies used by care-home staff to manage moves, and to explore older peoples experiences of relocations. A questionnaire was distributed to care homes in two English local authorities to determine the incidence of relocation. 10 homes were also approached to take party in further studies which included case-not audits and interviews with staff and 12 older people who had relocated. This article focuses on the experiences and narratives of older people involved in relocation. The study found that the pattern of moves was complex and that some residents were active in deciding to relocate and in the selection of the relocation home. However, for residents to have an active role, they must be given support to access the information required for decision-making and to implement their decisions.
Constructing familiarity and managing the self: ways of adapting to life in nursing and residential homes for older people
- Authors:
- REED Jan, PAYTON Valerie Roskell
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 16(5), September 1996, pp.543-560.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Reports on the analysis of data collected in a study looking at older people moving into nursing and residential homes. The discussion focuses on two themes which have been identified from the data: constructing familiarity whereby participants use sometimes tenuous knowledge of people and places to make the home seem less strange, and managing the self, whereby familiarity is used as a means of permitting social conversation to take place without leaving residents open to the dangers of being intrusive. These two themes have relevance for the way in which new residents can be introduced to homes, and the way in which the social skills of older people are viewed.
Re-conceptualising the status of residents in a care home: older people wanting to ‘live with care’
- Authors:
- COOK Glenda, THOMPSON Juliana, REED Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 35(8), 2015, pp.1587-1613.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The construction of a meaningful life depends upon satisfying ‘fundamental human needs’. These are broadly categorised as: physical, social and self-actualisation needs that every human experiences. Some fundamental human needs satisfiers, such as ‘home’, are synergic, addressing more than one need. For an older person, the move to a care home compromises their ontological security (through disruption of identification with place and control over environment) that one's own ‘home’ provides. This paper explores the complex issues surrounding the residential status of care home residents in terms of fundamental human needs. The methodology utilised was hermeneutic phenomenology. Eight older residents participated in the study, and each resident was interviewed up to eight times over a period of six months. Narrative analysis was used to interpret how participants viewed their experiences and environment. Five themes emerged from the narratives that collectively demonstrate that residents wanted their residential status to involve ‘living with care’ rather than ‘existing in care’. The five themes were: ‘caring for oneself/being cared for’; ‘being in control/losing control’; ‘relating to others/putting up with others’; ‘active choosers and users of space/occupying space’ and ‘engaging in meaningful activity/lacking meaningful activity’. This study indicates that if care homes are to achieve synergic qualities so residents are able to regard care homes as ‘home’, then care home staff may need to be more focused on recognising, acknowledging and supporting residents' aspirations regarding their future lives, and their status as residents. (Publisher abstract)
Transitions to a care home - the importance of choice and control
- Authors:
- REED Jan, STANLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 7(4), December 2006, pp.12-17.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
This article reports on a seminar organised as part of an ESRC-funded series on older people and care homes that focused on the period of transition into a care home and the experiences of older people immediately before and after they made the move. The papers presented suggest that there were ways in which older people could exercise choice and control over the process, but that problems existed, ranging from the ways in which assessment and referral systems were crisis or service led, to how people were supported after their move. This article outlines these arguments, and concludes that such processes need to be addressed if the quality of care at this difficult period is to be improved.
Older people, care management and interprofessional practice
- Authors:
- STANLEY David, REED Jan, BROWN Sharon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 13(3), August 1999, pp.229-237.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Research conducted by the authors into care management and user satisfaction with older people identified a lack of clarity concerning role function of the care manager. This article presents data from that study. It focuses on the views of older people, carers, health professionals and care managers. Interprofessional working implications for the development of the care manager role, the development of services and for training are explored.
Health, well-being and older people
- Authors:
- REED Jan, STANLEY David, CLARKE Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 202p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Personhood, empowerment and justice also concern older people's health and well-being. This book take a broad definition of health and links research and discussion of services to older people's perceptions. This is what is clearly needed: a bridge between people's experiences and thoughts across the multiple divides of services, policy and life's practicalities and unforeseen changes. With moves towards greater integration of health and social care services, there is a need for improved understanding of the importance and benefits of a person-centred, holistic approach to work in these fields. The book provides an overview of relevant research and service development literature; presents and discusses a range of issues that are important to the health of older people including attitudes and ageism, the body, the environment, family and community, sexuality and having fun; draws on material developed and, in some cases, written by older people themselves; and integrates theory and empirical evidence with practice experience.