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Table 6.2: Matching the attributes of resident autonomy to the model and the
guideline ................................................................................................... 245
Table 6.3: Assessment tools which informed the care planning .............................. 246
Table 6.4: Documentary evidence of resident autonomy: Before and after
phase 2 action research ............................................................................................ 249
Table 7.1: Factors affecting resident autonomy. ...................................................... 273
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Projected Numbers of Older People in Ireland by Gender and Age
Group, 2011 to 2041 .................................................................................................. 15
Figure 1.2: Residential Units by Regional Health Office: Percentage
Distribution of Patients Resident at 31 December 2008 by Bed Type and
Medico-Social Status (CSO, 2008) ............................................................................ 16
Figure 3.1: The single embedded case study: Exploring autonomy for older
people in residential care............................................................................................ 99
Figure 3.2: Key stages of action research (Greenwood and Levin, 1998) ............... 104
Figure 4.1: Example of how interview questions were developed from the
concept analysis ................................................................................................... 143
Figure 4.2: Question 1 from the staff interview guide ............................................. 148
Figure 4.3: Question 1 from resident interview guide ............................................. 150
Figure 4.4: Stages of analysis of interviews and observations ................................ 158
Figure 4.5: Example from Kogan’s attitude survey ................................................. 159
Figure 5.1: Length of time HCAs assigned to the research unit .............................. 167
Figure 5.2: Length of time nurses assigned to the unit ............................................ 168
Figure 5.3: Results from analysis of residents’ sets of documentation .................... 178
Figure 6.1: Hodges Model (2000) ............................................................................ 243
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