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| Canadian power mobility device users' experiences of ageing with mobility impairments | | Author(s) | Alexandra Korotchenko, Laura Hurd Clarke |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 36, no 6, July 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1238-1253 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Wheelchairs ; Assistive technology ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The authors investigate how individuals ageing with mobility impairments perceive and experience the practical impacts and cultural connotations of using a power mobility device. The authors draw on interviews with 29 Canadian men and women aged 51-92 (mean age 67), examining the experiences of using a powered wheelchair or scooter. The findings reveal that those participants who had begun to use their power mobility devices later in life were dismayed by and apprehensive about the significance of their diminishing physical abilities in the context of the societal privileging of youthful and able bodies. At the same time, the participants who had used a power mobility device from a young age were fearful of prospective bodily declines, and discussed the significance and consequences of being unable to continue to operate their power mobility devices autonomously in the future. The authors consider the ways in which the participants attempted to manage, mitigate and reframe their experiences of utilising power mobility devices in discriminatory environments. The findings are discussed in relation to on-going theoretical debates pertaining to the concepts of 'biographical disruption' and the third and fourth ages. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160617205 A |
| Classmark | BN: MFA: M: DP: 3DP: 7S |
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