Abstract
An optimum focus in any care situation is creating and sustaining environments that facilitate an ongoing sense of “being in place” for all involved. Using this rationale, we propose a Situational Model of Care for exploring dynamic relationships among aging persons receiving care, the convoy of persons offering this care and support, and the place where this occurs, as evolving situations throughout the course of a disease. The model is grounded in extant literature and illustrated through a case study derived from in-home observations and interviews. Emphasizing an underlying goal of fostering a sense of being in place as a desirable outcome facilitates situationally nuanced directions in research and clinical care.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3-12 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Gerontologist |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved.
Funding
The first author was supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging T32AG057461: “Training in Translational Research in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (TRIAD)” during production of this manuscript. Authors acknowledge and thank the following contributors for providing reviews and critical appraisal during the development of this manuscript: Malcolm Cutchin, PhD, John Watkins, PhD, and M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR, FAOTA.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| FAOTA | |
| OTR/L | |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| National Institute on Aging | T32AG057461 |
Keywords
- Being in place
- Care convoy
- Environment
- Situation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine