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"Why would I want to go out?"
— age-related vision loss and social participation | | Author(s) | Debbie Laliberte Rudman |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 4, December 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 465-478 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Ageing process ; Social contacts ; Participation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Social participation, a key determinant of healthy ageing, is often negatively impacted by age-related vision loss (ARVL). This grounded theory study aimed to understand social participation as a process negotiated in everyday life by older adults with ARVL. Interviews, audio diaries and life space maps were used to collect data with 21 older adults in two Ontario cities. Inductive data analysis resulted in a transactional model of the process of negotiating social participation in context. This model depicted how environmental features and resources, skills and abilities, and risks and vulnerabilities transacted with values and priorities to affect if and how social participation occurred within the context of daily life. The findings pointed to several ways that research and services addressing the social participation of older adults with ARVL need to expand, particularly in relation to environmental features and resources, risk and the prioritisation of independence. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170224228 A |
| Classmark | BR: BG: TOA: TMB: 7S |
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