TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Perceptions of Daily Life Among Residnets of a Long Term Care Facility
JO  - Activities, adaptation and aging
A1  - Voelki, Judith E.
A1  - Nicholson, Leslie
SP  - 99
EP  - 114
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - Little is known about the perceptions held by resi- dents of long term care facilities regarding their daily experiences and the role that structured activities may play in their daily lives. In the present exploratory study, residents (N = 16) of a long term care facility were asked to participate in intensive interviews and a subsample (N = 5) was asked to participate in the experience sam- pling method (ESM). The ESM involved residents reporting their activity involvement and perceptions of pleasure and choice at sev- eral random times each day for four to SIX days. Findings regarding residents' perceptions of leasurable experiences, choices, control, practice are discussed. J and constraints m daily I' e are presented. Possible implications for<p /> 
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SN  - 0192-4788
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v16n04_08
ID  - ref1
ER  -