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Abstract
Purpose: To explore clients' experience of the housing adaptations (HAs) over time in relation to housing and health.
Method: A multiple longitudinal case study, employing an embedded mixed-method design was used. Four participants were included and data from semi-structured interviews were combined with data from structured survey assessments.
Results: HA made it possible to maintain valuable roles and activities, to continue to live in the participants' own homes and to take part in the society. The participants strived for autonomy and control, and in order to do so they needed different kinds of support, in terms of HA and mobility devices as well as support from professionals. HA also challenged the participants' routines and habits, as well as their perception about how an appealing HA aesthetically. Thus, the decision to apply for a HA was not always straightforward. Instead, the participants were constantly engaged in negotiations with themselves, concerning benefits and drawbacks of different decisions.
Conclusions: HAs involve complex person-environment-activity (P-E-A) transactions, and enhance clients' activity and independence in spite of functional decline. The knowledge generated is important in order to improve individual HA, as well as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention.
Method: A multiple longitudinal case study, employing an embedded mixed-method design was used. Four participants were included and data from semi-structured interviews were combined with data from structured survey assessments.
Results: HA made it possible to maintain valuable roles and activities, to continue to live in the participants' own homes and to take part in the society. The participants strived for autonomy and control, and in order to do so they needed different kinds of support, in terms of HA and mobility devices as well as support from professionals. HA also challenged the participants' routines and habits, as well as their perception about how an appealing HA aesthetically. Thus, the decision to apply for a HA was not always straightforward. Instead, the participants were constantly engaged in negotiations with themselves, concerning benefits and drawbacks of different decisions.
Conclusions: HAs involve complex person-environment-activity (P-E-A) transactions, and enhance clients' activity and independence in spite of functional decline. The knowledge generated is important in order to improve individual HA, as well as improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1706-1715 |
| Journal | Disability and Rehabilitation |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000), Department of Health Sciences (013220000)
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- Other Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere specified
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Powered mobility device use: participation and accessibility
Pettersson, C., 2014, Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group, Lund university. 134 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)
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Use of Powered Wheelchairs and Scooters – Individual and Organizational Perspectives
Iwarsson, S. (PI), Brandt, Å. (PI), Månsson Lexell, E. (Researcher), Pettersson, C. (Research student), Sund, T. (Research student), Andersen, M. C. (Researcher), Anttila, H. (Researcher), Helle, T. (Research student), Lexell, J. (Researcher), Löfqvist, C. (Researcher), Malmgren Fänge, A. (Researcher) & Norin, L. (Research student)
2009/01/01 → 2016/12/31
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