Physical and Social Influences on People with Senile Dementia in Residential Care by Ann Netten

Author:Ann Netten [Netten, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General, Sociology
ISBN: 9780429872556
Google: V3t_DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-01-15T03:45:26+00:00

Undermining territory

Two indicators of the physical environment included were assumed to represent the institution undermining the residents’ sense of territory. These were observation windows and change of bedroom. Only in one (new) home were observation windows the norm. These took the form of frosted glass panels from the bedrooms on to the corridor. Although it was not possible to see clearly through these, they gave at least the illusion of an invasion of privacy.

Seven per cent of sample residents who remained in the home at the end of six months had changed their bedroom during the period of the study. The reasons for the change of room were varied: deterioration of residents’ behaviour, or deterioration of behaviour in the person with whom they shared; movement of residents into better rooms and so on. However admirable the motive, the result may well be a reduction in continuity of a sense of personal territory for that resident and it was not clear whether this was taken into consideration in such decision-making. The lack of personalisation of the bedrooms may have contributed to the sense in which some of the staff saw bedrooms as a side issue, while for residents they are likely to be central to their experience of residential care.

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