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Journal of Aging Studies

“You Gotta Have Your Cry”: Administrator and Direct Care Worker Experiences of Death in Assisted Living

Dec 1, 2022
Assisted living (AL) is increasingly a site of end-of-life care and a long-term care location where growing numbers of people are aging in place and dying. Despite these trends, limited research focuses on how death and grief impact the work environment in AL. This grounded theory analysis examined qualitative data collected from 27 administrators and […]

“You Gotta Have Your Cry”: Administrator and Direct Care Worker Experiences of Death in Assisted Living

December 1, 2022 by Lea Efird-Green

Assisted living (AL) is increasingly a site of end-of-life care and a long-term care location where growing numbers of people are aging in place and dying. Despite these trends, limited research focuses on how death and grief impact the work environment in AL. This grounded theory analysis examined qualitative data collected from 27 administrators and […]

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