GSU Gerontology Professor’s Research on Assisted Living Residents’ Autonomy
Check out GSU Gerontology Institute Professor Mary M. Ball‘s recently published article:
Ball and her colleagues “present a conceptual model of autonomy in AL [assisted living] based on over a decade of research conducted in diverse facility settings. This relational model provides an important conceptual lens for understanding the dynamic linkages between varieties of factors at multiple levels of social structure that shape residents’ ability to maintain a sense of autonomy in this often socially challenging care environment. Social and institutional change, which is ongoing, as well as the multiple and ever-changing cultural contexts within which residents are embedded, are important factors that shape residents’ experiences over time and impact resident–facility fit and residents’ ability to age in place.” (from Abstract)
See also Professor Ball’s previous publications on assisted living:
- Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., Hollingsworth, C., & Kemp, C. (2010). Frontline workers in assisted living. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Ball, M. M., Lepore, M. L., Perkins, M. M., Hollingsworth, C., & Sweatman, M. (2009). ‘They are the reason I come to work’: The meaning of resident-staff relationships in assisted living. Journal Of Aging Studies, 23(1), 37-47.
- Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., Whittington, F. J., Hollingsworth, C., King, S. V., & Combs, B. L. (2005). Communities of care: Assisted living for African American elders. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., Whittington, F. J., Hollingsworth, C., King, S. V., & Combs, B. L. (2004). Independence in assisted living. Journal Of Aging Studies, 18(4), 467-483.
- Ball, M. M., & Whittington, F. J. (1995). Surviving dependence: Voices of African American elders. Amityville, NY: Baywood Pub. Co.