Research Source Log for Online Source #4

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	"The Nursing Home Exodus, Part 2"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	Paula Span
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )	The New York Times
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	The New York Times Company
Date Page was Last Revised	8 December 2011
Date You Read It	14 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/the-nursing-home-exodus-pt-2/?ref=nursinghomes

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

According to Edwin Murphy, a 91 year old living in a nursing home, he does not want to spend his last days in a nursing home when he has a "a one-bedroom apartment where he had lived for 27 years" (Paula Span).

Murphy states that he "can't enjoy life being institutionalized" and that he would prefer to go home (Paula Span).

Mr. Murphy not only wanted to go home, but he also thought that he was not "getting adequate care in the nursing home" and he even "fell three times" which shows that they are not taking the best care of him (Paula Span).

Murphy feels very "helpless" in a nursing home and feels that he has to "take what's dished out" and "keep my mouth shut" (Paula Span).

Although there are a lot of people who "won't be able to function or live safely on their own," Mr. Murphy was one of the many who felt he would be better off living on his own and forming his own schedule (Paul Span).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

Paula Span brings together information about Edwin Murphy, a 91 year old man, who was trying to go home from a nursing home. He wanted to go home because he felt like he had no control. According to this article, it is actually very hard to try to go home and live by yourself and it takes a long process.


Credibility of Source: 

Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

The author, Paula Span, is a journalist for The New York Times. The training they have had is unknown.

 
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

The author has nothing to gain. She is just spreading information about nursing homes.


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

There is a slight bias in the fact that it only stated the bad things in nursing homes and did not say much good things.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

The author uses Edwin Murphy and Edwin Murphy's transition specialist. These definitely add to the credibility as Murphy explains how he feels in a nursing home.


Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I will use this source to support my opinion that there are many people like Edwin Murphy who feel alone and controlled in a nursing home and if we visit them, then maybe things will change.