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- Title
A home, an institution and a community -- frames of social relationships and interaction in assisted living.
- Authors
TUOMINEN, KATARIINA; PIETILÄ, ILKKA; JYLHÄ, MARJA; PIRHONEN, JARI
- Abstract
Assisted living facilities are presented as the older person's home but, at the same time, defined by institutional and communal characteristics. Using Goffman's (1974/1986) concept of frame, we aim to find out how home, institution and community frames define social roles and shape social relationships and interaction in assisted living facilities. Directed content analysis was used to analyse the data consisting of observations, one group discussion and ten individual interviews with residents in an assisted living facility. We found that the home frame was characterised by meaningfulness, spontaneousness and informality of social relationships and interaction, whereas the institution frame by indifference and formality of them. Acknowledging and tolerating other people was not only central in the community frame but also dissociating oneself from some people. Frames can shed light on how different interpretations of the multifaceted social environment of assisted living affect homeliness of the facility and well-being of the residents.
- Subjects
CONGREGATE housing; COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL interaction; FACILITY management; SOCIAL institutions; SOCIAL role; APATHY
- Publication
International Journal of Ageing & Later Life, 2022, Vol 16, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
1652-8670
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3540