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J F Gubrium

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PubMed1983

Therapeutic pretense in reality orientation.

Based on a three month period of intensive observation in a nursing home, this study examines several aspects of the staff's work in the application of reality orientation (RO) to patients who are confused or disoriented. It is argued that in the application of RO and similar behavioral therapies, a clear analytic separation between the problems of patients and the work of caregivers cannot be justified. Caregivers do more than provide care; they help to constitute problems.

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PubMed1979

Doing staffings.

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PubMed1975

Being single in old age.

The routine, everyday life of single elders differs from that of other old people. On the basis of interview date both about themselves and some aspects of the quality of their everyday lives, it is proposed that single elders constitute a distinct type of social personality in old age. Interviews provide subjective and methodological evidence to support this. The "normal", taken-for-granted social world of single elders is: relatively isolated; but not perceived in terms of loneliness, at present or anticipated; and considered an ordinary extension of their past. Death is conceived as "just another" event of their ongoing experiences.

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