Abstract:

One of the most important problems, which are experienced during the old ages, is caring of older people. Older people, who are 65 years-old or older, may need the care because of the risk of being sick and physical inadequacy, even if they are not sick and don’t need any care. The older people and their families face to select one of the social care alternatives because of functional and physical inadequacies during this period. It is obvious that professional help is required for the solution of problems arising out of living together and the problems of old age as a natural result of modern life. Through caring for and offering service to the old within the framework of professional institutionalization and organizations, not only the burden of the family will be reduced but also the old will be given the chance of a new lifestyle in accordance with their new role. In this sense, nursing homes have emerged as a necessity of urban life. Nursing homes is an intervention of the state to social space. Nursing homes aim at sheltering old citizens and providing them with a peaceful environment for spending the rest of their lives in Turkish society.

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