Depictions of nursing home residents in US newspapers: successful ageing versus frailty.

ABSTRACT: The media shape both what people consider significant and how people think about key issues. This paper explored the cultural beliefs and stereotypes that underlie media portrayals of nursing homes. The analysis of texts of 157 articles about nursing homes published from 1999 to 2008 on the front pages of four major-market American newspapers (The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post) was conducted using a qualitative approach inspired by comparative narrative and critical discourse analysis. Results suggest two major themes, each with several narrative components: (a) managing disposable lives (bodies outliving bank accounts; making frailty affordable; and the economics of triage); and (b) retaining purchasing power as successful ageing

SUBMITTER: Rozanova J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5455994 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature