The Regular Visitors of Nursing Homes: Who Are They?:

摘要: Few Australian studies have examined the social interaction of older people once they entered nursing homes. Much existing literature reports frequency contacts that elderly in homes with family and friends rather than explaining factors influence which are more likely to visit regularly why. This paper examines interrelationship between visits charac teristics aged residents, visitors homes, processes explain these levels interaction. A question naire was administered residents data collected on resident's network members, fre quency contact perceptions placement a home relationships. The results show (1) perceived quality relationship location important determining visiting, (2) does not necessarily we...