Abstract
For a variety of reasons older persons may move into long-term care facilities. There are, however, several types of these facilities: nursing homes, residential care facilities, assisted living, etc. Despite their differences regarding qualification of staff and admission policies they have in common that everybody who moves in has to give up his old home which means a major change in life. This chapter summarizes the findings of 148 qualitative studies that explored older persons’ experiences of staying in a long-term care facility and its impact on their quality of life. Moving into a long-term care facility can be a serious threat for the integrity of older persons and the satisfaction of their orientations of action. This experience can be aggravated by inattentive care, but it can also be alleviated if caregivers establish a relationship of trust, are attentive to unspoken needs, enter in a dialogue with the residents, listen to them, and involve them in the decision-making process.
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