Transition and Adaptation to the Continuing Care Retirement Community From a Life Course Perspective: Something Old, Something New, and Something Borrowed

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Abstract

The study examined the accounts of older adults and their adult children concerning the transition to the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and the adjustment to it, using a life course perspective. Up to three waves of interviews, consisting of a total of 187 interviews with older adults and their adult children, were conducted between 6 months and 6 years from the transition to the CCRC. Thematic analysis was employed using comparisons across groups of interviewees (older adults and adult children) and waves of interviews (up to three waves) to identify core categories of meaning. Time perception was an organizing principle across interviews. Both older adults and their adult children perceived themselves as moving forward and backward in time following the transition to the CCRC and future expectations for deterioration. The study emphasizes the linked-lives of older adults and their adult children.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-288
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Applied Gerontology
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2018

Bibliographical note

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Funding

Liat Ayalon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a professor at Bar Ilan University, School of Social Work. Her research concerns the following topics: ageism, formal and informal care to older adults, subjective aging experiences, and the treatment of older adults with mental illness. Her work is currently funded by the Israel Science Foundation (801/13). She is also the chair of a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action on Ageism (IS1402) funded by the EU under Horizon 2020. The study was partially funded by the Israel Science Foundation 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

FundersFunder number
Maccabi Health Care Fund
European Commission
Israel Science Foundation801/13, IS1402
Horizon 2020

    Keywords

    • adjustment
    • change
    • continuity
    • long-term care
    • time perception

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