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Nursing Home Residences and Indpendence

The purpose of this study by Gass, Gaustad, Oberst and Hughes (1992) was to test several hypotheses concerning associations between nursing home residents' appraisal of relocation and their degree of functional independence, perceived physical and psychological health, morale and several sociodemographic variables (age, gender, economic status, educational level, type of prior residence, and extent of participation in the decision to relocate). The purpose and the predicted relationships between variables (hypotheses) are spelled out clearly in a single paragraph using methodological/operational concepts so that the reader understands what the research is investigating and also has a concrete notion of the general methodological framework that will be used to test hypotheses. The significance of the problem is identified using research that establishes how stressful relocation can be on nursing home residents and the need for ways to understand this stress and hopefully help residents to better cope with it.

Review of the Literature and Theoretical Framework

The study was grounded in a comprehensive review of the existing literature (36 studies cited, all of which were from well known, respected and peer reviewed sources). The four key factors discussed are: relocation appraisal, functional independence, moral and health of nursing home residents. However, none of the terms were conceptually defined in the actual literature review; rather, the authors seemed to assume that the reader would understand these basic notions. This probably was a mistake in that it is quite likely that at least in some cases, different studies defined these variables in different ways; further, it would have been helpful to the reader to be given at least some general notion of how the authors themselves conceptually defined these terms.

A theoretical framework is presented; however, it is not presented in the literature review but instead but i...

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