The Adaptation Experience of the Chronic Mental Patients in Institution–SOC Model Perspective

• Main Authors: Chia-Chien Lin, 林嘉倩
• Other Authors: Yi-Chung Hsu
• Format: Others
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3e3kc5

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 觀光暨休閒遊憩學系 === 102 === Literature indicated that seniors can achieve successful aging through adaptation mechanism. The study attempted to explore the life and aging adaptation experience of chronic mental patients in institution. Data were collected with in-depth interview and participation observation methods and were analyzed using phenomenological method. The results emerged four major themes. (1) in terms of institutional experience, the informants tended to reconcile themselves with the environment, obey authority , and were inferior to doctor-patient relationship. (2) in life situation, the informants showed reality overlapping symptom, interpersonal indifference, followed institutional daily life arrangements, and viewed life only with their own perspectives. (3) for the aging experience, the informants remained young mentally, relied on functional assistance tools, and strived for freedom under institutional constraints. (4) the informants viewed aging as natural, as a continuation of youth, as deterioration of health and function, and expected elderly life to be adaptive, happy, healthy, and well. The study concluded that the aging adaptation experience of chronic mental patients in institution was consistent with the SOC model. Recommendations regarding management and successful aging were made for both institutions and chronic mental patients.