Assisted living and the aging trajectory.
Assisted living and the aging trajectory.
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辅助生活和老龄化轨迹。
DOI：
10.1080/08952840801985011
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Warren,CarolAB
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文献类型：
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作者：
Williams,KristineN;Warren,CarolAB
辅助生活（AL）是独立生活和养老院安置之间的一种选择。本研究探讨女性居民的经验AL在中西部的四个设施，采用访谈和实地研究方法。我们发现，大多数居民想留在AL，而不是搬到养老院;他们回顾怀旧回家，并遵守工作人员的规则和指示，以留在原地。与养老院不同，AL允许居民体验自我和家庭的连续性：一个私人房间，一些自己的物品，以及与自我和家庭相关的关系和活动。鉴于寿命的延长和AL的日益普及，它正在成为女性衰老轨迹的一个新阶段。
Assisted living (AL) is a caregiving option between independent living and nursing home placement. This study explores women residents' experience of AL in four Midwestern facilities, using interview and field research methods. We found that most residents wanted to stay in AL rather than move to a nursing home; they looked backward nostalgically toward home, and complied with staff rules and directives in order to remain in place. In contrast to nursing homes, AL allows residents to experience continuities with self and home: a private room, some of their own belongings, and access to relationships and activities associated with self and home. Given the expanded lifespan and growing popularity of AL, it is becoming a new stage in the trajectory of women's aging.