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Smith, Kristen Falde; Bengtson, Vern L. – 1978
This research questions the frequent observation that elderly persons in long-term care institutions are isolated from their families, and that institutionalization is the final step in the breakdown of family relations. Data consisted of open-ended interviews with institutionalized elderly parents and with the child most involved with the parent…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Gerontology, Institutional Environment, Institutionalized Persons
