PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF ELDERLY RESIDENTS IN A NURSING HOME

The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of the elderly residents of a long-stay nursing home on the process of institutionalization. We interviewed 14 subjects, five women and nine men, aged between 60 and 92 years. Data collection was conducted with a semi-structured sociodemogra...

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Main Authors: Renata Alessandra Evangelista, Alexandre de Assis Bueno, Paulo Alexandre de Castro, Jessica Neto Nascimento, Neilene Teixeira de Araújo, Graciele Pereira Aires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342014000800081&lng=en&tlng=en