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  • Comparative analysis of the film One flew over the cuckoo's nest and retirement homes for senior citizens using Goffman's theory of total institution [Elektronski vir]
    Pavlović, Aleksandar, 1983-
    The purpose of the article is to compare the psychiatric hospital, depicted inthe film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with retirement homes for senior citizens. The comparison was conducted using ... the total institution concept. The aim is to present similarities in the operation of psychiatric hospitals and retirement homes for senior citizens and to expose certain aspects of institutionalised life. Analysis was used as a method. The view of the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and the examination of the house rules of fourretirement homes for senior citizens was followed by an analysis based on the theory of total institution. We found out that the institution in the filmis in line with the concept of total institution. With regard to the retirement homes for senior citizens, it turned out that they incorporate onlycertain elements of a total institution. Conclusions: the deficiencies of institutional treatment led to the necessity for deinstitutionalisation, whichin turn brought several solutions to aiding patients suffering from mental disorders and the elderly. The balance between both has led to a wider range of options from which individuals can choose, thus providing adequate assistance, if/when needed.
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2014
    Language - croatian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1600172