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dc.contributor.authorMuenchberger, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorSunderland, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Hayley
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:53:14Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:53:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-05-29T08:32:06Z
dc.identifier.issn0963-8288
dc.identifier.doi10.3109/09638288.2010.524275
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36852
dc.description.abstractPurpose.There is ongoing public and private concern regarding the appropriateness of young people with complex health needs residing in nursing homes and the search for alternative living environments. Despite the demand for change, there is only tacit understanding of the key motivations behind this call for change and even less in the way of coherent arguments underlying the need for alternative solutions. The study aimed to explore the assumed truths that have formed around this topic in recent years and to reposition ambitious but ambiguous arguments regarding the need to relocate younger people from aged care facilities. Method.By applying the method of systematic metaphor analysis, the authors conducted a review of social discourse (i.e. media corpus of 904 published articles dated 2001-2009). Results.A conceptual media map was developed to document the process of social change around this topic. Additionally, the narrative described five metaphors that outlined the experience of aged care residential homes for young people with complex health conditions, namely 'captivity', 'commodity', 'battlelines', 'fragmentation' and 'a contemporary life'. These metaphors reflected the fears and hopes held by young people and their families. Conclusions.Results indicate that young people at risk of nursing home placement are confronted with a range of distinct and complex personal dilemmas which ought to be resolved through initiatives purported to offer 'more appropriate' residential options. We conclude that principles of good quality care are in danger of becoming misplaced within over-simplified interpretations of the needs of young people with complex conditions. Alignment of disability and rehabilitation policy with residential care practice will allow for more informed decisions about long-term care needs of young people, leading to quality outcomes.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma Healthcare
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1190
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1202
dc.relation.ispartofissue13-14
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDisability and Rehabilitation
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth and community services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420305
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode42
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode44
dc.titleA long way to tipperary? Young people with complex health conditions living in residential aged care: a metaphorical map for understanding the call for change
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKendall, Elizabeth
gro.griffith.authorSunderland, Naomi L.


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