Prep : a preperation programme designed to minimize the stress of institutional relocation on the elderly
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Psychology, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Mills, Sandra Ruth
issued: 2010-03-17T19:43:00Z
issued: 1978
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The present study assessed the effectiveness of a preparation programme designed to minimize relocation stress in the elderly by comparing it with an attention placebo condition and an assessment-only condition. The preparation programme was intended to increase predictability of the consequences of moving to an extended care unit (ECU); to enhance personal control over environmental events; and to encourage family support. Seventy-four elderly prospective patients of the University of British Columbia (UBC) ECU initially participated in the study. Patients with severe cognitive, sensory, or communication impairments were not included in the sample. The mean age of the sample was 80.2 years (S.D. = 11.09). Seventy-eight percent were female, and 79.73% were non-ambulatory (i.e., used a wheelchair). Subjects came from private homes and from 41 facilities in the Greater Vancouver area representing four levels of care. Facilities were stratified on the basis of population size; facilities within each size category were assigned to one of three experimental conditions: (1) assessment-only control, (2) attention placebo, and (3) preparation programme. Information relevant to the subjects' social, psychological, and physical functioning was collected at preadmission and three and six months follow-ups. Data were obtained from the subjects themselves, the staff who were caring for subjects, and the interviewers. In addition, behavioural observations were conducted at the two follow-up periods. Subjects in the assessment-only control group participated only in the preadmission and follow-up assessment interviews. In addition to the preadmission assessment interview, subjects in the attention placebo group received three visits by a therapist unfamiliar with the preparation programme, who spent time discussing the subjects' move to the ECU and specific concerns raised by the subject. The preparation programme included three 45 minute sessions in addition to the assessment int…
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note: PREP: A PREPARATION PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE THE STRESS OF INSTITUTIONAL RELOCATION ON THE ELDERLY by SANDRA RUTH MILLS B.A., Univ e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia, 1976 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS i n THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES Department of Psychology We accept t h i s thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA December 1978 (c) Sandra Ruth M i l l s , 1978 I n p r e s e n t i n g t h i s t h e s i s i n p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t o f t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r a n a d v a n c e d d e g r e e a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a , I a g r e e t h a t t h e L i b r a r y s h a l l m a k e i t f r e e l y a v a i l a b l e f o r r e f e r e n c e a n d s t u d y . I f u r t h e r a g r e e t h a t p e r m i s s i o n f o r e x t e n s i v e c o p y i n g o f t h i s t h e s i s f o r s c h o l a r l y p u r p o s e s may b e g r a n t e d b y t h e H e a d o f my D e p a r t m e n t o r by h i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . I t i s u n d e r s t o o d t h a t c o p y i n g o r p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h i s t h e s i s f o r f i n a n c i a l g a i n s h a l l n o t b e a l l o w e d w i t h o u t my w r i t t e n p e r m i s s i o n . D e p a r t m e n t o f Psychology T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a 2075 Wesbrook Place Vancouver, Canada V6T 1W5 i i . . ABSTRACT The present study assessed the effectiveness of a preparation programme designed to minimize r e l o c a t i o n stress i n the e l d e r l y by com-paring i t with an att e n t i o n placebo condition and an assessment-only condition. The preparation programme was intended to increase predic-t a b i l i t y of the consequences of moving to an extended care unit (ECU); to enhance personal co n t r o l over environmental events; and to encourage family support. Seventy-four e l d e r l y prospective patients of th…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0094865
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22021