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'You can't turn back the clock': conceptualizing time after institutionalization.

Elaine C Wiersma¹

¹Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. ewiersma@lakeheadu.ca

Canadian Journal on Aging = La Revue Canadienne Du Vieillissement

|March 1, 2012

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This study explores how older adults experience time in long-term care, revealing it as a structuring element beyond daily life. It highlights biographical, embodied, and institutional time dimensions in aging and institutionalization.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Sociology of Aging

Background:

Gerontology often simplifies time to chronological age.
Understanding the subjective experience of time in old age is crucial.

Observation:

A case study examined a gentleman's transition to a long-term care facility.
Time was perceived as an external force structuring daily existence.

Findings:

Identified dimensions of temporality: biographical, embodied, and embedded (institutional) time.
These dimensions offer deeper insights into aging and institutionalization.

Implications:

Challenges the linear view of time in gerontology.
Provides a nuanced understanding of temporal experiences for institutionalized older adults.