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dc.contributor.authorBallmer, Thomas Michael-
dc.contributor.authorGantschnig, Brigitte-
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-22T13:36:29Z-
dc.date.available2023-09-22T13:36:29Z-
dc.date.issued2023-09-07-
dc.identifier.issn1103-8128de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1651-2014de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28776-
dc.description.abstractBackground: The vast majority of older adults live in their own homes. Many of them live with chronic conditions that lead to activity limitations and participation restrictions. To support them adequately, we need to better understand how they cope with everyday difficulties. Aim: To identify and examine difficulties in everyday life older people with chronic conditions who live in private homes face and how they and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome these difficulties. Material and Methods: We conducted a focus group interview with 10 participants including eight older adults with chronic conditions and two of their significant others. We then transcribed the interviews verbatim and thematically analysed them. Results: We generated the three closely interrelated themes struggling not to lose control, a shifting balance between resources and environmental challenges, and negotiating independence and interdependence. Participants interpreted the difficulties they faced as multicausal. Their main goal was maintaining autonomy, agency, and a positive identity. They employed individual, creative strategies to achieve these goals. Conclusions: Older persons with chronic conditions prioritise autonomy and agency in order to maintain a positive identity. Significance: Interventions to support older persons with chronic conditions should centre their priorities and build on their creativity.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofScandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapyde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAutonomyde_CH
dc.subjectChronic illnessde_CH
dc.subjectElderlyde_CH
dc.subjectIdentityde_CH
dc.subjectOccupational therapyde_CH
dc.subject.ddc305: Personengruppen (Alter, Herkunft, Geschlecht, Einkommen)de_CH
dc.subject.ddc307: Gemeinschaftende_CH
dc.titleMaintaining autonomy : how older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficultiesde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Ergotherapie (IER)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-28776-
dc.identifier.pmid37677079de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue1de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.start2249959de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume31de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedAngewandte Gerontologiede_CH
zhaw.funding.zhawPräventive Wohnraumanpassungde_CH
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Ballmer, T. M., & Gantschnig, B. (2023). Maintaining autonomy : how older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(1), 2249959. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959
Ballmer, T.M. and Gantschnig, B. (2023) ‘Maintaining autonomy : how older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties’, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(1), p. 2249959. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959.
T. M. Ballmer and B. Gantschnig, “Maintaining autonomy : how older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties,” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 2249959, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959.
BALLMER, Thomas Michael und Brigitte GANTSCHNIG, 2023. Maintaining autonomy : how older persons with chronic conditions and their significant others interpret, navigate, and overcome everyday difficulties. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 7 September 2023. Bd. 31, Nr. 1, S. 2249959. DOI 10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959
Ballmer, Thomas Michael, and Brigitte Gantschnig. 2023. “Maintaining Autonomy : How Older Persons with Chronic Conditions and Their Significant Others Interpret, Navigate, and Overcome Everyday Difficulties.” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 31 (1): 2249959. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959.
Ballmer, Thomas Michael, and Brigitte Gantschnig. “Maintaining Autonomy : How Older Persons with Chronic Conditions and Their Significant Others Interpret, Navigate, and Overcome Everyday Difficulties.” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 31, no. 1, Sept. 2023, p. 2249959, https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2023.2249959.


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