Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents Contributor(s): Hajjar, Wendy J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367605163 ISBN-13: 9780367605162 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Nursing Home Care - Social Science | Gerontology - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
Dewey: 362.16 |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.49 lbs) 160 pages |
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Publisher Description: Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use by the elderly in long-term care facilities. This research concludes that watching television is the most prevalent and pervasive activity for patients. Activity directors can now learn how television and media can offer diversion, enhancement of personality, awareness, and sociability to their patients and offers suggestions on roommate coordination, selection of appropriate media, and communication resources. Containing the latest knowledge involving communication and gerontology, Television in the Nursing Home will help you offer programs that will meet the demands of an expanding elderly population.Developed as a perspective for examining patterns of social interaction, Television in the Nursing Home gives suggestions on how you can use the media to create new activities for patients, maximizing the television as a resource for the elderly. You will gain valuable insight on:
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