WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: In a qualitative study including interviews with 18 residents in 21 assisted living communities, as well as reviews of community documents and observational field notes, residents reported that staff communication and community-level memorials following residents’ death were not consistent with a “family-like” atmosphere, and residents’ grief took many forms.
“You Lose Some Good Friends”: Death and Grief in Assisted Living
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: In a qualitative study including interviews with 18 residents in 21 assisted living communities, as well as reviews of community documents and observational field notes, residents reported that staff communication and community-level memorials following residents’ death were not consistent with a “family-like” atmosphere, and residents’ grief took many forms.
