[Relinquishing the household and admission to an old age home. What becomes of the current life style?]

Abstract

The contribution deals with the role of lifestyle in changing residence from a private household to an old people's home. This transition not only terminates many of the household activities that had structured older women's everyday life, but also affects the lifestyle. Anticipation and evaluation of the life situation in an old people's home induce people to modify their lifestyles in certain dimension in order to compensate for restrictions in other dimensions that are expected to ensure from the discontinuation of living at home.