Meaning as outcome

Understanding the complexity of decision-making around residential placement in aged care

Bibliographic Data

ID11958403
AuthorsCheryl Tilse (0000-0001-5596-9132, The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume53
Issue4
Pages15-19
Publication date2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03124070008415216
OpenAlexW2015728888
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited7

Changes in aged care and health policy have introduced an increasingly complex assessment, resource option, and economic and regulatory context for decision-making regarding relocation to residential care. This paper reports on a study exploring residential placement from the perspective of spouses who place a long-term partner in an aged care facility. It highlights the importance of understanding the meaning of such decision-making for the spouse who remains at home and explores the ways in which the placement is constructed as either a continuation of, or a refusal to, care for a long-term partner. The paper draws out the implications for social work practice and identifies the challenge to merge knowledge of resource packages, care options and financial arrangements with a concern with the processes of decision-making and the emotional and symbolic aspects of such decisions

Health care · Meaning (existential · Merge (version control · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Relocation · Sociology · Spouse · Computer Science · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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