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Older women's community mobility
— a qualitative exploration | | Author(s) | Marcia Finlayson, Joseph Kaufert |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 21, no 1, Spring 2002 |
| Pages | pp 75-84 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Living in the community ; Mobility ; Transport services ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Many of the limitations experienced by community-dwelling older women are related to mobility within their communities, the theme of this qualitative study with 23 older women (mean age 75.9) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In addition to travels to conduct instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and participate in social and recreational activities, the women in this study described trips to fulfil social obligations (e.g. attending funerals, visiting sick friends) and emphasised the importance of these trips. The women's travels through the city were influenced by their perception of risk and the strategies they employed to minimise or avoid risk during the day, in the evening, and during bad weather. Autonomous community mobility provided the women with a sense of independence and control. The study's findings have implications for health care providers and community programmes working to maintain older women in the community. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020620206 A |
| Classmark | BD: K4: C4: O: 3DP: 7S |
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