Qualities that Make a Long Term Care Facility a Home

By Aimee Douziech

The term 'home' can be over-simplified and defined as "the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household" (Mirriam-Webster Incorporated, 2019), but when you ask people to define home, they indicate that it means so much more (Habitat for Humanity International, 2019). Home is deeply interwoven into the human experience; it is an important and integral component to a person's life. The diversity of what home means is highly complex, it is fluid, and it changes through the life course (Dyck et at., 2005; Fay et al., 2012). Thus, home is multidimensional, layered, contextual, and relational. It touches on all aspects of a person-psychologically, physically, culturally, socially, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. It is the unique combination of these varying elements, as well as others, that together construct the meaning of home for each person, and, as a result, significantly impact a person's identity (Dyck et at., 2005; Fay et al., 2012). The importance and relevance of one's sense of home continues through a person's life, including when a person moves into long-term care (LTC).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835202543
• ISBN13: 9781835202548
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Remod
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"