Opting out while fitting in: How residents make sense of assisted living and cope with community life

Yamasaki, Jill; Sharf, Barbara F.

doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2010.08.005

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“…An important limitation of the study is the fact that what was measured were potential choices and not actual decisions regarding care. The actual decisions are based on the constraints observed above but also unexpected life events and other factors, the observation of which was limited in the current model of the study (see References [72,83,84]). Therefore, longitudinal methods that would enable observing changes in preferences and their formation through various life events would enable a better understanding of how housing preferences (as formed and observed in hypothetical situations) evolve and change over time.…”

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Housing Choices of Older People: Staying or Moving in the Case of High Care Needs

2020

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Despite the development of various housing options across Europe, older people often face the choice of staying at home with the support of family and/or formal services or moving to a care home, but how people vary regarding these preferences and how newer cohorts will be different is under-researched. This study explores the housing choices of older people under the condition of liminality, which is defined as the hypothetical condition of high care needs. The most common choices available are compared; that is, staying at home (with social home-care support or visits to a daycare centre) or moving to supported housing or a care home. Cluster analysis revealed five distinct groups of older people that were differentiated in their choices between various options of moving versus staying at home, either by using home care or daycare. Differences between the clusters along three dimensions that influence decisions to move or stay, namely levels of attachment, satisfaction with housing and availability of support, which often function as limits on the options that are preferred, were explored. The results present the complexity of the decision-making process under imagined conditions of liminality and show a great diversity among people’s preferences. They also indicate that a significant share of older people have a strong preference for only one option (two of the cluster groups).

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Housing Choices of Older People: Staying or Moving in the Case of High Care Needs

2020

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“…daily activities, relationship with others etc.) as in Yamasaki & Sharf (2011). That could make sense together with other questions, so that we could know how older adults of high and low life satisfaction differ in their daily lives.…”

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Notes from the Field: Doing Research on Life Narratives and WisdomFostering Life Events among Turkish Septuagenarians

Gezgin¹,

Işık²

2019

senex

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This short piece which is written in the format of the notes from the field discusses plans to do life narratives and wisdom research among Turkish older adults. The starting point was a brief literature review of gerontology-related research in Turkey which will not be presented here due to space limitations. Secondly, the site and accordingly the sample of the anthropological study had to be decided. Thirdly, international gerontology-related research was reviewed to decide on theoretical discussions, methodology and conceptual tools to analyze the data. The notes conclude with a proposal for research in gero-narratology which is proposed to be the study of the structural and authorship properties of older adults' narratives.

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“…Assisted living offers a social model of long-term care in which "normal, ordinary life" coexists with supportive services in a homelike setting (Yamasaki and Sharf 2011). It emphasizes a home-like environment that fosters respect for an individual's sense of autonomy, privacy, and freedom of choice (Roth and Eckert 2011).…”

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A holistic review and framework for sustainable business models for assisted living technologies and services

Oderanti

2016

IJHTM

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Abstract Despite heavy investment in health and social care sectors in the UK, large scale deployment of assisted living technologies and services (ALTS) continues to face significant obstacles and the lack of sustainable business models (BM) is widely regarded as one of the greatest hindrances. Based on a systematic review of previous studies, this paper identifies current trends in digital technologies and how they are used in assisted living. We categorise and analyse these technologies and through the lens of diffusion of innovation theory (DOI), we review the concepts and frameworks of BM as used in the literature, to suggest conceptual frameworks for sustainable BMs for scalable ALTS in digital economy. This is expected to help in reducing the pressure on the already stretched health and social care services in the UK and other similar economies. Our approach suggests that BM canvas and DOI innovation diffusion characteristics are complements, not substitutes. Permanent repository link

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Opting out while fitting in: How residents make sense of assisted living and cope with community life

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Housing Choices of Older People: Staying or Moving in the Case of High Care Needs

Housing Choices of Older People: Staying or Moving in the Case of High Care Needs

Notes from the Field: Doing Research on Life Narratives and WisdomFostering Life Events among Turkish Septuagenarians

A holistic review and framework for sustainable business models for assisted living technologies and services

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