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Residents' Power in Retirement Homes

1989; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j081v05n02_05

1540-353X

Charles H. Hawkins,

Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Visits to a random sample of 103 retirement homes (RHs) in Washington State and Oxfordshire, England, show that strength of residents' association, tenants' representation on boards of directors, and other kinds of social power can be explained by other observed features of RHs, using Pearsonian correlation and multiple linear regression. Significantly and independently related are: the amount of programs of fine arts; the impressiveness of the buildings; not having many residents who are very feeble; an architecture which forces people to meet as they enter the doors; a staff who fully orients new tenants; residents putting their names and decorations on their doors; provision of material services; the kind of sponsor; and many others. These findings have practical implications.