The meaning of nursing home friendships
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TL;DR
This research report on the social networks of institutionalized elderly people describes four types of networks and focuses on resident-resident interaction on friendship themes of intimacy, social support, reciprocity, and companionship.
Abstract
This research report on the social networks of institutionalized elderly people describes four types of networks and focuses on resident-resident interaction. Friendship themes of intimacy, social support, reciprocity, and companionship provide a basis for examining similarities in and differences between the network types. Discussion draws on the study results through examination of the meaning of friendship and interpretation of life-span themes.