Bereavement in Long-Term Care |
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Principal Investigator: Robert Rubinstein |
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Abstract: The goal of this ethnographic study was to explore the experience and meaning of dying, death and bereavement in the nursing home setting. Drawing on theory and method from cultural anthropology, the project sought to learn and describe this experience from the perspectives of residents, staff, and family members in four ethnically and religiously different nursing homes. Findings have practice and policy implications for increasing numbers of older persons who live and die in nursing homes. |
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