Interview with Nursing Home Resident

With this criteria in mind, I telephoned the administrators of several large nursing homes in the area. I explained the project to them and asked 1.) if I could conduct this type of research in their facility and 2.) if so, could they recommend two or three residents who would be appropriate.

Two of the facilities agreed and I made appointments and visited the homes. There were five potential interviewees at the two homes. I introduced myself to each potential research subject and briefly explained about my class and what I wanted to do. Two residents declined.

I selected Jane Doe because she met all of the research subject criteria I had established. She was articulate, alert, could hear well enough with the help of her hearing aid to comprehend the questions and respond. She had only been at this facility for three months and although somewhat limited in her mobility, insisted on being bathed and dressed every day. Upon her agreement, I coordinated the two follow-up appointments with the nursing home staff, setting a convenient time for all concerned. I planned to bring my own tape record

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think my granddaughters are either. They are working, but they still have the same problems - just with more work and less help. In my day, you couldnÆt try the man before you married him. If it worked out, you were lucky; if not, you lived with it. My girls tried it first and still made the same mistakes. You wonder what they did with their brains.ö Mr. Doe, did, in fact, notice and eventually marry the second Mrs. Doe. They eloped. She was a beautiful bride anyway, she said. Her brothers were the only people she told. With her marriage, Mrs. Doe moved into the second major stage in her life. Mr. & Mrs. Doe lived with Mr. DoeÆs family when they were first married. Mr. DoeÆs first wife got the house in the divorce. This was quite a disappointment to Mrs. Doe. She began to regret her hasty action. She had not thought about Mr. Doe being poor. There had been other marriage proposals she could have considered. She had what she called a ôa knot of regretö in her stomach for long time. Eventually, they moved into a small farm house on about five acres. Mr. Doe began to grow wheat and she began to have babies - ten live births. ôThat sounds funny today. Live births. We didnÆt have no birth control so yo
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Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page)