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The social organization of a sedentary life for residents in long‐term care

Abstract

Worldwide, the literature reports that many residents in long-term care (LTC) homes are sedentary. In Canada, personal support workers (PSWs) provide most of the direct care in LTC homes and could play a key role in promoting activity for residents. The purpose of this institutional ethnographic study was to uncover the social organization of LTC work and to discover how this organization influenced the physical activity of residents. Data were …

Authors

Benjamin K; Rankin J; Edwards N; Ploeg J; Legault F

Journal

Nursing Inquiry, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 128–137

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

June 2016

DOI

10.1111/nin.12120

ISSN

1320-7881