Full Description
This study describes research which specifically focused on the need for nursing-home residents to be mentally stimulated and involved in helping develop a group-work process, which gave them the opportunity to write about themselves and talk about themselves in group settings. After such a project, when quantitatively evaluated, self-esteem scores increased. Other scholars, and especially those involved with geriatrics, should find this group-work process and its findings interesting.
Contents
Foreword i; Preface iii; Acknowledgements vii; I. Introduction 1; Problem Described 2; Significance of the Study 6; II. Literature Review 15; Nursing Home Residents 15; Group Work 17; The Study 24; Conceptual Framework 27; The Nursing Home Environment 27; Goffman Total Institutions 27; Parsons' Role of a Patient 38; Implications of Goffman and Parsons' Conceptualizations 40; III. Method 55; Developmental Research 55; Research Hypotheses 55; Model Development 56; Guided Autobiography 57; Description of the Group Work Model 57; Outcome Variables 71; Self-Esteem 71; Social Activity 71; Dependency 72; Attendance Level 72; Satisfaction 72; Research Site 72; Design 72; Sampling 73; Demographic and Outcome Variables - Statistical Comparisons 74; Subjects 77; Data Collection 78; Data Analysis 81; Threats to Validity 85; IV. Results 91; Self-Esteem 91; Social Activity 93; Dependency (ADL's) 97; Satisfaction 100; Guided Autobiography Attendance 101; Correlation 101; V. Discussion And Recommendations 107; Unanticipated Responses to the Study 115; Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research 117; Recommendations 124; Appendix 129; Bibliography 157; Index 170
