We analyze the conditions under which a practice moves from rare and unacceptable to preponderant and legitimate through bottom-up, relational processes. To better understand the mechanisms and contingencies of such "emergence-based institutionalization," we combine computational agent-based modeling with insights from a setting where a seemingly deviant local practice became institutionalized:...

PURPOSE This paper aims to review literature related to the experiences of family caregivers after institutionalization of their older relatives. METHODS Thirty-one research-based articles were reviewed for information on the following six dimensions: caregivers' involvement in care; the effects of institutionalization on mental health of caregivers; predictors of caregivers' mental health; c...

Although institutional theory has become a more dominant perspective in information systems research, studies have only paid scant attention to how field dynamics and organizational processes coevolve during information technology institutionalization. Against this backdrop, we present a new conceptualization based on the “traveling of ideas” metaphor that distinguishes between theorization of ...

The article aims to provide some ethical orientation on how sustainability might be actualized by institutions. Since institutionalization is about rules and organization, it presupposes ideas and concepts by which institutions can be substantiated. After outlining terminology, the article deals with underlying ethical and conceptual problems which are highly relevant for any suggestions concer...

OBJECTIVES To study the epidemiology of gait disorders in community-residing older adults and their association with death and institutionalization. DESIGN Community-based cohort study. SETTING Bronx County and the research center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. PARTICIPANTS The Einstein Aging study recruited 488 adults aged 70 to 99 between 1999 and 2001. At entry and during annu...

Virtual Business Communities (VBC) are market organizations, supported by Information and Communication Technology, that improve business interactions and the exchange of information and knowledge in virtual networks of organizations. In the inter-organizational context of a VBC, governance is related to division of work and distribution of power and responsibility. Only a small number of autho...

BACKGROUND Community-based and institutional dementia care has been compared in cross-sectional studies, but longitudinal information on the effect of institutionalization on health care service utilization is sparse. METHODS We analyzed claims data from 651 dementia patients via Generalized Estimation Equations to assess health care service utilization profiles and corresponding expenditures...

Contemporary healthcare policies are designed to shape the conditions that can help delay the institutionalization of patients with dementia. This can be done by developing support programs that minimize healthcare risks for the patients with dementia and their informal caregivers. Many support programs have been developed, and some of them are effective, but there has been no systematic review...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the 12-month institutionalization rate and to identify the associated predictors among functionally impaired elders with or without cognitive impairment. METHODS A cohort of Hong Kong community-dwelling elders aged 65 or older with functional and/or cognitive impairments was recruited and interviewed from 2007 to 2008. Twelve months after the baseline interview, the fam...