Abstract
The study evaluated the concept of autonomy from the perspective of older adults and their adult children following a transition of the older adult to a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). Overall, 70 interviews (with older adults and their adult children; 34 dyads) were analyzed, using a line-by-line open coding, followed by dyadic analysis. Autonomy was not portrayed as a uniform, homogenous construct, but rather encompassed four different domains: (a) the focus of one’s attention or concerns: on others, on self, or not at all; (b) the ability to exercise decisions and make independent choices; (c) the degree of physical functioning and ability of the older adult; and (d) the financial ability of the older adult. The duality in the relationships between older adults and their adult children is discussed in relation to the give and take of autonomy that occur following a transition to a CCRC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 127-149 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Research on Aging |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015, The Author(s) 2015.
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was financially supported by a grant from the Israel Science Foundation. The study was partially funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) and approved by the Helsinki committee of Maccabi Health Care Fund and by the ethics committee of the principal investigator's university. All participants received detailed information about the study and signed an informed consent prior to participation.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Maccabi Health Care Fund | |
| Israel Science Foundation |
Keywords
- caregiving
- continuing care retirement community
- formal
- independence
- informal
- intergenerational
- long-term care
- solidarity
- transitions