Lived Experience Of Participation In Daily Occupations Among Older People Living In Social House In Armenia
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https://doi.org/10.24234/se.2020.1.1.162Keywords:
aging, participation, daily occupations, older people, social house, occupational therapyAbstract
The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the lived experience of participation in daily occupations of older people living on Social House in Armenia
A total of eight participants (1 male, 7 female) who lived in social house in Yerevan, Armenia were in-depth interviewed in this study. The Empirical Phenomenological Perspective method (Karlsson,1993) was applied for analysing the interviews to explore the meaning structure of participation in daily occupations in social house as expressed by participants' lived experiences.
Findings has identified three main characteristics of participation in daily occupations of eight older people living in Social House: Change in place – change in life; being dependent as doer – not free in making choices; Lack of environmental possibilities in daily living.
The findings of the study highlighted older people's personal perceptions of current living place and importance of supportive environmental conditions which facilitate or challenge their participation in daily occupations. Subjective perception of the current place of living and experienced changes in daily occupation were identified among older people living in social house, which limited their possibilities to choose and maintain autonomy in daily occupations and in their social participation.
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5. Becker, G., & Kaufman, S. (1995). Managing an uncertain illness trajectory in old age:
Patients' and physicians' views of stroke. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 9, 165-187.
6. Bowie, P., &Mountain, G. (1993). Using direct observation to record the behaviour of long- stay patients with dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 8, 857–64.
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52. United Nation Population Division, World Population Prospects, 2010, Revision
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54. Wilcock, A. (2005). Occupational science: bridging occupation and health. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(1),5-12.
55. Wilcock, A. (1998). An occupational perspective of health. Thorofare: Slack Inc.
56. Wilson, H., & Hutchinson, S. (1991). Heideggerian hermeneutics and grounded theory. Qualitative Health Research.
57. World Health Organization. (2001). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health ICF. 14-15.
58. World Health Organization. (2012). Aging and life course.
59. http://www.unfpa.am/en/aging
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2020-02-22
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Harutyunyan, Z., Öhman, A., & Fallahpour, M. (2020). Lived Experience Of Participation In Daily Occupations Among Older People Living In Social House In Armenia. Armenian Journal of Special Education, 4(2), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.24234/se.2020.1.1.162
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