No Other Safe Care Option: Nursing Home Admission as a Last Resort Strategy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Nursing homes are intended for older adults with the highest care needs. However, approximately 12% of all nursing home residents have similar care needs as older adults who live in the community and the reasons they are admitted to nursing homes is largely unstudied. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons why lower-care nursing home residents are living in nursing homes.

Research design and methods

A qualitative interpretive description methodology was used to gather and analyze data describing lower-care nursing home resident and family member perspectives regarding factors influencing nursing home admission, including the facilitators and barriers to living in a community setting. Data were collected via semistructured interviews an

SUBMITTER: Campbell-Enns HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7681216 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature