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Places, social relations and activities in the everyday lives of older adults with psychiatric disabilities
— an interview study | | Author(s) | M Nordström, A Dunér, E Olin, H Wijk |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 21, no 2, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 401-412 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Social interaction ; Activities of older people ; Interviewing ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The overall aim of this Swedish study was to describe and analyse the ways in which older adults with a psychiatric disability experience places, social relations and activities in different arenas of their everyday lives. Twelve older adults (aged 55+) with a psychiatric disability were interviewed either once or twice, using different interview techniques. The first interviews were semi-structured and the second were in-depth interviews guided by a site-map. The interview texts were analysed using qualitative content analysis, proceeding from open to focused coding in several steps. Although the respondents spent most of their time in their own homes, some also spent a lot of time at day-care centres and other similar places. The amount of time spent in places in the public arena varied a great deal. The interviewees' experiences of the places, relationships and activities in their everyday lives can be related to aspects of freedom and coercion, internal and external structure, and relationships and support. The provision of a varied range of services and support in diverse settings in order to make these accessible to people of different ages and needs is an important challenge for welfare politics. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090825238 A |
| Classmark | E: RH: TMA: G: 3DL: 3DP: 76P |
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