Nursing home residents' perspectives on their social relationships.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To explore nursing home residents' perspectives on their relationships with other residents, family members and staff.

Background

The cultivation of social relationships is central to promoting well-being in nursing homes, as these relationships allow residents, family members and staff to be valued as unique persons and empowered as partners in care. Few studies have examined how nursing home residents perceive the relationships in their social networks, both within and beyond the facility.

Design

Qualitative secondary analysis.

Methods

We analysed individual and group interviews obtained during "stakeholder engagement sessions" with cognitively intact residents (N = 11 sessions; N = 13 participants) from two nursing homes in North Carolina

SUBMITTER: Kang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature