Coping with an Intra-Institutional Relocation: Changes in Resident and Staff Behavior Patterns.

Moos, Rudolf H.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ309629

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Coping with an Intra-Institutional Relocation: Changes in Resident and Staff Behavior Patterns.

Moos, Rudolf H.; And Others

Gerontologist, v24 n5 p495-502 Oct 1984

Studied an intra-institutional relocation of a long-term care facility by documenting changes in the environment and in residents' and staff members' use of space and patterns of behavior. Behavioral changes were conceptualized as attempts to adapt to the larger design and altered layout of the new facility. (JAC)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Environmental Influences, Interior Design, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Patients, Relocation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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