| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Elderly women's experiences of living with fall risk in a fragile body
— a reflective lifeworld approach | | Author(s) | Leena Berlin Hallrup, Daniel Albertsson, Anita Bengtsson Tops |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 17, no 4, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 379-387 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Older women ; At risk ; Fractures ; Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this Swedish qualitative study was to explore the lived experience of fall risk from a lifeworld perspective in older women with previous fragility fractures. Thirteen women with a high risk of fall and fracture, aged 76-86, living in their own homes in rural areas, were recruited from a voluntary fracture prevention programme. All women had a history of fragility fractures and were interviewed in their homes from spring to autumn 2004. A phenomenological reflective lifeworld approach was chosen to analyse in-depth interview data. The study was conducted within an interdisciplinary research group inspired by dialogical research. Older women's life space has been narrowed due to advanced age, physical injury or by efforts to prevent new injuries leading to changes in self-perception. However, the women seek strategies to challenge limitations and insecurity, and strive to retain mobility and daily life routines. Four major constituents of the phenomenon 'elderly women's experiences of fall risk' emerged in this study: a changing body, living with precaution, ambiguous dependency, and influence and need for understanding. Employing the women's thoughts and resources in trust-based dialogues with caregivers may strengthen their concord and the prospects to continue an active life. Such older women seek strategies to challenge limitations and feelings of insecurity, and strive to maintain mobility and daily life routines. A trust-based care respecting the preferences of the women seemed to stimulate behavioural change in maintaining an active life. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090619204 A |
| Classmark | BD: CA3: CUF: OLF: LK2: 3DP: 76P |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|