Older Adults Recently Diagnosed with Age-Related Vision Loss: Readjusting to Everyday Life
| Autor: | Eva Magnus, Kjersti Vik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
030506 rehabilitation Qualitative interviews media_common.quotation_subject Health Professions (miscellaneous) Grounded theory Independence Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Age related 030212 general & internal medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology 0305 other medical science Everyday life Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Activities, Adaptation & Aging. 40:296-319 |
| ISSN: | 1544-4368 0192-4788 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01924788.2016.1231460 |
| Popis: | This study aims to explore how older adults recently diagnosed with age-related vision loss experience and readjust to their new everyday lives. Ten individuals participated in qualitative interviews. Using a grounded theory analyzing strategy, the core category identified was named “Good days—an everyday life with small and wide-ranging adjustments,” including three categories: (1) Not as usual or as planned; (2) Holding on to important activities; and (3) Holding on to independence. Although participants navigated new challenges, they also expressed a fear of more extensive vision loss that would threaten additional losses of activity and independence. The article concludes with recommendations for practice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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