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The Meaning of "Independence" for Older People in Different Residential Settings

Author(s) -

Sarah HillcoatNallétamby

Publication year - 2014

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/gbu008

Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , autonomy , interdependence , thematic analysis , social psychology , institutionalisation , psychology , meaning (existential) , sociology , qualitative research , social science , political science , statistics , mathematics , psychiatry , law , psychotherapist

Drawing on older people's understandings of "independence" and Collopy's work on autonomy, the article elaborates an interpretive framework of the concept in relation to 3 residential settings-the private dwelling-home, the extra-care, and the residential-care settings.

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