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Personal Accounts of the Nursing Home Search and Selection Process

William J. McAuley

Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Shirley S. Travis

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center of Nursing

Marcia P. Safewright

SW VA Research Consulting

In this article, the personal, idiosyncratic elements of the nursing home search and selection process from the point Of king that institutionalization was necessary through thermal selection decision, is investigated. Data are derived from interviews with 25 nursing home patient "sponsors" (the individuals identified by nursing homes as the primary contact person or responsible person for the patient) of recently admitted nursing home patients and 3 significant other informants for a total sample size of 28. Their stories reveal a rather hectic and stressful processor which families were ill-prepared, and often undertaken during the crisis of hospitalization. Most respondents did not comment on the use or benefit of printed nursing home guides. Instead, respondents simply looked for facility that was convenient to home or work and relied heavily on word-of-mouth recommendations by friends and family members.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 236-254 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239700700205
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