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Care Home Life and Identity: A Qualitative Case Study
Katie Paddock, Christine Brown Wilson, Catherine Walshe, Chris Todd. The Gerontologist, 2019-07-16
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Four themes were identified: (a) changing with age, (b) independence and autonomy, (c) bounded identity, and (d) social comparison. The impact of aging that initially altered residents' identities was exacerbated by the care home environment. Institutional restrictions jeopardized independence and autonomy, provoking residents to redefine this within the allowances of the care home. Strict routines and resource constraints of well-meaning staff resulted in the bounded expression of personalities. Consequently, to forge a positive identity, residents without dementia engaged in social comparison with residents with dementia, emphasizing their superior cognitive and physical abilities. DISCUSSION AND Social comparison as an adaptive strategy has previously been unidentified in care home literature. Residents need more support to express their identities, which may reduce the necessity of social comparison, and improve interrelationships and well-being.
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Paddock, K., Wilson, C. B., Walshe, C., & Todd, C. (2019). Care Home Life and Identity: A Qualitative Case Study. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny090
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Paddock K, Wilson CB, Walshe C, Todd C. Care Home Life and Identity: A Qualitative Case Study. The Gerontologist. 2019. doi:10.1093/geront/gny090. PMID: 30085052.
BibTeX
@article{paddock2019-30085052,
author = {Paddock, Katie and Wilson, Christine Brown and Walshe, Catherine and Todd, Chris},
title = {{Care Home Life and Identity: A Qualitative Case Study}},
journal = {The Gerontologist},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1093/geront/gny090},
pmid = {30085052},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny090}
}
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Key findings
- Four themes were identified: (a) changing with age, (b) independence and autonomy, (c) bounded identity, and (d) social comparison.
- The impact of aging that initially altered residents' identities was exacerbated by the care home environment.
- Institutional restrictions jeopardized independence and autonomy, provoking residents to redefine this within the allowances of the care home.
- Strict routines and resource constraints of well-meaning staff resulted in the bounded expression of personalities.
- Consequently, to forge a positive identity, residents without dementia engaged in social comparison with residents with dementia, emphasizing their superior cognitive and physical abilities.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 39/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 22 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 39 out of 100.
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|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The Gerontologist) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 30085052) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 22 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 22 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 39 out of 100. |
| Total | 39 / 100 | — |
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