Abstract The material culture of home cannot be supplanted in its entirety when moving into an aged care facility. When the time comes, the decision of what to take and what to leave behind is not simple. This article presents the balance between practical and emotional considerations in the choice and presence of personal objects in the rooms of residents. Intersubjective relationships between material objects in the room and the people who enter that space is viewed through a narrative lens. In this way, it is the materiality of the room-as-home for the self, which is key. Three major themes relating to the objects in the room of the older person were found to be: 1. Safety, 2. Family, and 3. Home. These themes emerged from ethnographic research in an aged care setting. Participants included residents, their families, care staff, and management of the facility. The article contributes to understandings of material objects as carriers of identity and meaning in an aged care facility.

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我的房间，我的家，我的自己

摘要 搬入养老机构时，家庭的物质文化不能被完全取代。到时候，决定拿什么，留下什么并不简单。本文介绍了在居民房间中选择和存在个人物品时的实际考虑和情感考虑之间的平衡。房间中的物质对象与进入该空间的人之间的主体间关系是通过叙事镜头来观察的。这样，关键是房间作为自我的家的物质性。发现与老年人房间内物品相关的三个主要主题是：1. 安全，2. 家庭，和 3. 家。这些主题来自老年护理环境中的人种学研究。参与者包括居民、他们的家人、护理人员、和设施的管理。这篇文章有助于理解物质对象作为老年护理机构身份和意义的载体。