Table I.

Themes and categories regarding staff's actions during older people's transition into long-term care facility (LTCF).

Time—chronological order	Themes	Categories
Preparation period	Actions of sharing, sorting out and ignoring information	Dealing with -Competing tasks -Uncertainty -Routines
Admission day	Actions of involvement and ignorance	Variations in how new residents are met Residents’ previous residence matter
Initial period	Targeted and random actions	Contextual features Self-care activities Medical Treatment
	Actions influenced by embedded knowledge	There is always someone in need of an LTCF placement The LTCF—a home taken-for-granted Mentally lucid residents manage on-their-own
	Actions influenced by local transparency	Familiar people and places Good or dubious reputation