Institutional Elderly Care: Obstacles to Acceptance (the Case of Private Boarding Houses)

Smirnova, Tatiana V.; Smirnov, Roman G.

doi:10.31857/S013216250009175-5

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Institutional Elderly Care: Obstacles to Acceptance (the Case of Private Boarding Houses)

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S013216250009175-5-1

DOI

10.31857/S013216250009175-5

Publication type

Article

Status

Published

Authors

Tatiana V. Smirnova

Occupation: Prof.
Affiliation: State University of Management
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Roman G. Smirnov

Occupation: PhD-student at the Department of Sociology
Affiliation: University of Graz
Address: Austria, Graz

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 4

Pages

82-93

Abstract

The article discusses institutional forms of care for the elderly. Traditional form of elderly care (home care), when the family members care for the elderly, is associated with social, psychological, economic and other risks. However, alternative institutional forms of aging care (e.g. retirement home) are still not widely used. In the context of a qualitative social research (by in-depth interview method), reasons, causes and social barriers that arise when addressing this form of institutional care are analyzed. Based on various social science approaches and on the results of the qualitative research, authors came to a conclusion that nowadays it is not the economic but the social causes that hinder and make difficult acceptance and spread of institutional forms of care for the elderly. This means stigmatization and negative stereotipization of all alternative forms of care.

Keywords

aged people, private boarding house, care, dementia, caring for the elderly, old age

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08.04.2020

Publication date

27.04.2020

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38477

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GOST	Smirnova T., Smirnov R. Institutional Elderly Care: Obstacles to Acceptance (the Case of Private Boarding Houses) // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 4 C. 82-93 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250009175-5-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009175-5
MLA	Smirnova, Tatiana V., Smirnov, Roman G. "Institutional Elderly Care: Obstacles to Acceptance (the Case of Private Boarding Houses)." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 4 (2020):82-93. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009175-5
APA	Smirnova T., Smirnov R. (2020). Institutional Elderly Care: Obstacles to Acceptance (the Case of Private Boarding Houses). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (4), pp.82-93 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009175-5

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