At home in long term care : a phenomenological exploration of the meaning of home for residents of an intermediate care facility

• Main Author: Laycock, Robin Elizabeth
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8396

Six residents of Whytebridge Villa, an intermediate care facility, three male and three female, aged between 7 5 and 85 years of age, were asked questions about homes they had lived in before moving into Whytebridge Villa and about their experience of Whytebridge Villa as their home. Four of the six participants stated they considered Whytebridge Villa to be their home. They identified their private rooms as their home and stated having their personal possessions in their room and having congenial relationships with staff as being important considerations in accepting an intermediate care facility as their home. === Arts, Faculty of === Social Work, School of === Graduate