The study reported in the thesis attempted to examine the decision-making process for the institutionalization of older people in homes for the aged. More specifically, it sought to determine who was responsible for the decisions, to discover if this responsibility was related to selected social factors, and to ascertain if it affected the adjustment of older people to the institutional setting.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Of Master of Family Medicine Johannesburg, July 2014 / BACKGROUND Physical activity has been consistently shown to play an important role in healthy ageing. While motivators and barriers to regular physical activities among old people residing in old age homes have been studied in other parts of the world, the researcher found no studies on this subject in South Africa. Therefore, the aim of this research was to identify the motivators and barriers to regular exercise in elderly people residing in old age homes in Ekurhuleni Southern sub-district of Gauteng province. METHODS This was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted among elderly residents in old age homes in Ekurhuleni Southern Sub-district. A structured questionnaire was administered in the common languages: English, Afrikaans and Zulu. The data was collected by the researcher (assisted by research assistants) from 139 residents in seven old age homes. A Pearson chi square test was used to examine the relationship between participants’ characteristics with regular exercise. RESULTS This study showed that having knowledge of exercise benefits (P-value= 0.001) an opportunity to socialize (P-value= 0.001) was statistically associated with regular exercise. Similarly, younger age (P- value= 0.02), high educational attainment (P-value= 0.03), being of white race (P -value= 0.04) were the main motivators to regular exercise. In contrast, poor health (P-value=0.001) and lack of knowledge of exercise benefits (P-value=0.001) were the major barriers to regular exercise. CONCLUSION Increasing residents’ knowledge of the benefits of regular exercise, opportunity for socialization and providing support to elderly people are crucial in increasing the uptake and maintenance of regular exercise among elderly people living in old age homes in Ekurhuleni Southern Sub-district.

Thesis (Ph.D, History) -- Queen's University, 2008-08-28 10:23:28.279 / A transformation took place in Upper Canada/Ontario and Nova Scotia during the nineteenth century in institutional care for Canadas indigent aged population, and key provincial initiatives towards the end of the century led to the formation of state funded homes for the aged. The shift from frontier to agricultural and early industrial economies brought a host of social problems. Voluntary organizations were established to provide assistance to needy individuals without family. As demand increased, private charity and local governments looked to the state to provide assistance. Government representatives were determined to be fiscally responsible and state regulated institutions offered a form of social control and cost efficiency. Those in need received assistance in state subsidized institutions such as the Halifax Poors Asylum or Torontos House of Industryeventually some residents began to be termed aged. The process of categorizing all inmates within some state funded institutions as either worker or non-worker led to the eventual segregation of older inmates from those who could contribute towards the cost of their care. As workers were transferred to newly built or renovated sections of an institution, aged inmates remained behind in the older sections. Further, as hospitals and asylums were identified as specialized institutions for those who could be cured and returned to the working community, older patients with nowhere else to go were transferred to houses of industry in Ontario or poor farms in Nova Scotia. By the end of the century, this group was identified as unique and as a result in both provinces, homes for the indigent aged emerged by default rather than design. A comparison of the development of institutional care for the poor aged in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada/Ontario reveals that institutions for the aged developed quite differently in each of the two provinces. The fundamental difference between the two provinces such as when they were settled and by whom, and the very nature of these colonies, serve as the bases for a comparison of the two regions and affords a better understanding of how regional differences shaped the development of institutional care for the indigent aged. / Ph.D

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1990. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [304]-321).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-242).

Lee Tze-fan, Diana. / "April 2000." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-266). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri--Columbia, 2003. / "May 2003." Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-27, 70-73).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1991. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [254]-261).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin. School of Nursing, 1975. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

Yeung Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-138). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; questionnaires also in Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Declaration --- p.iv / List of Tables --- p.v / List of Figures --- p.viii / Abstract --- p.ix / Abbreviation --- p.xiv / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction / Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Definition / Chapter 1.2 --- Disease Prevalence / Chapter 1.3 --- Associated Disability / Chapter 1.4 --- Treatment-effectiveness / Chapter 1.5 --- Rehabilitation / Chapter Chapter Two --- Hong Kong Situation --- p.56 / Chapter 2.1 --- What is known --- Hong Kong elderly population database / Chapter 2.2 --- Service provision for the elderly in Hong Kong / Chapter Chapter Three --- Methodology --- p.68 / Chapter 3.1 --- Aims / Chapter 3.2 --- Subject and methodology / Chapter Chapter Four --- Results --- p.93 / Chapter 4.1 --- Results at baseline / Chapter 4.2 --- "Trend with time (0,12,48 weeks) between the exercise group and the control group" / Chapter 4.3 --- Results at first follow up (12 weeks) / Chapter 4.4 --- Results at second follow up (48 weeks) / Chapter 4.5 --- Results from baseline to second follow up within the exercise group or within the control group / Chapter Chapter Five --- Discussion --- p.113 / Chapter 5.1 --- Short-term efficacy of pulmonary program / Chapter 5.2 --- Long-term efficacy of pulmonary program / Chapter 5.3 --- The characteristics of pulmonary program / Chapter Chapter Six --- Conclusion --- p.124 / Reference --- p.125 / Appendix The Questionnaire Used in Interviews --- p.139