Jean Tinney
Biographic Data
| ID | 118961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Tinney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean |
| FAMILY NAME | Tinney |
| SIGNATURE | TINNEY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Ageing Research Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Respecting the Aging Self
This article draws on findings of an ethnographic nursing home study that explores the role of communication in maintaining residents' sense of self. These findings suggest that the nursing home can be a site for recovery for the aging self, despite loss and bereavement and the negative effects on self-esteem of pain, illness and loss of function. However, where care privileges the body over social and emotional needs, residents have inadequate o…
Help seeking in older Asian people with dementia in Melbourne
Negotiating Boundaries and Roles
There is ambiguity in the role of the institution that tries to be a "home" and a place of physical care and protection. Many nursing home residents are constrained by physical and social isolation, their vulnerability increased by unmet social needs. Equally, there is ambiguity in the role of the volunteer ethnographer. The obligation to do no harm is rendered more salient by resident dependence and the intensity of nursing home relationships. A…
Negotiating Boundaries and Roles
There is ambiguity in the role of the institution that tries to be a "home" and a place of physical care and protection. Many nursing home residents are constrained by physical and social isolation, their vulnerability increased by unmet social needs. Equally, there is ambiguity in the role of the volunteer ethnographer. The obligation to do no harm is rendered more salient by resident dependence and the intensity of nursing home relationships. A…
Help seeking in older Asian people with dementia in Melbourne
Negotiating Boundaries and Roles
There is ambiguity in the role of the institution that tries to be a "home" and a place of physical care and protection. Many nursing home residents are constrained by physical and social isolation, their vulnerability increased by unmet social needs. Equally, there is ambiguity in the role of the volunteer ethnographer. The obligation to do no harm is rendered more salient by resident dependence and the intensity of nursing home relationships. A…
Help seeking in older Asian people with dementia in Melbourne
Respecting the Aging Self
This article draws on findings of an ethnographic nursing home study that explores the role of communication in maintaining residents' sense of self. These findings suggest that the nursing home can be a site for recovery for the aging self, despite loss and bereavement and the negative effects on self-esteem of pain, illness and loss of function. However, where care privileges the body over social and emotional needs, residents have inadequate o…
Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 works) · Ambiguity (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)