Open AccessDirect Care Workers' Response to Dying and Death in the Nursing Home: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Helen K. Black,
Robert L. Rubinstein
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/60.1.s3
Subject(s) - ethnography , socioeconomic status , nursing , intersection (aeronautics) , medicine , nursing homes , gerontology , sociology , population , environmental health , geography , cartography , anthropology
This paper is based on research that explored the cultural construction of dying and death in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in a large Northeastern city. It focuses on direct care workers' responses to elders' dying and death within the facility.
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