OBSERVATIONS AND RESIDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE NURSING HOME GROUP DINING ACTIVITY, A QUALITATIVE STUDY.
Contributors: University of Kansas.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Gerontology.
Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the observed experiences and resident perceptions of a nursing home group dining activity. Data collection for the qualitative study was done using participant observation and open ended interviews. A proprietary nursing home in a moderate sized midwest community was selected as the site after a survey of local nursing homes suggested it to be a fairly typical model of group dining. Participant observation was done at 16 meals representing all three daily meals as well as various days of the week. Theoretical sampling was used to select 10 residents with the potential to describe and clarify emerging data categories as well as representing the diversity of dining room participants. The constant comparative method of data analysis was used to generate a model of residents' dining experiences. The model, Managing the Work of Eating, was composed of the specific tasks or work of eating in the group dining room as well as the practices used by residents to accomplish this work. The tasks could be described broadly as the following three components: Entry, Managing the Meal, and Departure. Four categories of practices used by residents to accomplish these tasks included: Negotiating the Environment, Coping with Frailty, Dealing with Colleagues, and Responding to the System.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-02, Section: B, page: 0745.

Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 1990.

School code: 0099.