“Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities
Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty. Our aim was to explore how single-living frail older adults experience living with f...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:91c90c1b691d4471a8c1bc4c39bf4b46 2023-05-15T14:36:26+02:00 “Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities Lena Bjerkmo Ann Karin Helgesen Toril Agnete Larsen Bodil H. Blix 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 https://doaj.org/article/91c90c1b691d4471a8c1bc4c39bf4b46 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 https://doaj.org/article/91c90c1b691d4471a8c1bc4c39bf4b46 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 80, Iss 1 (2021) frailty older adults ageing in place arctic communities rural communities interview longitudinal Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 2022-12-31T16:25:06Z Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty. Our aim was to explore how single-living frail older adults experience living with frailty in everyday life in rural Arctic areas. Over eight months, we conducted a series of three interviews with eight older adults identified as frail by home care services in two rural municipalities in northern Norway. We conducted a thematic analysis. We generated three themes. Frailty as a dynamic phenomenon indicated that the participants’ experiences of frailty varied over time. Frailty as part of old age referred to the findings that many participants tried to adapt to the changing circumstances, while others found it more challenging to accept the experienced limitations. Frailty in a rural Arctic context concerned the findings that the rural Arctic environment affected the participants’ experiences of frailty due to its long, snowy winters; long distances between communities and municipal centres; and out-migration. Our results demonstrate that frailty is a consequence of the interplay between ageing persons and their physical and social environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 80 1 |
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Most populations around the world are ageing. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and is growing more rapidly in rural communities than in urban areas. Longevity increases the risk of frailty. Our aim was to explore how single-living frail older adults experience living with frailty in everyday life in rural Arctic areas. Over eight months, we conducted a series of three interviews with eight older adults identified as frail by home care services in two rural municipalities in northern Norway. We conducted a thematic analysis. We generated three themes. Frailty as a dynamic phenomenon indicated that the participants’ experiences of frailty varied over time. Frailty as part of old age referred to the findings that many participants tried to adapt to the changing circumstances, while others found it more challenging to accept the experienced limitations. Frailty in a rural Arctic context concerned the findings that the rural Arctic environment affected the participants’ experiences of frailty due to its long, snowy winters; long distances between communities and municipal centres; and out-migration. Our results demonstrate that frailty is a consequence of the interplay between ageing persons and their physical and social environments. |
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Lena Bjerkmo Ann Karin Helgesen Toril Agnete Larsen Bodil H. Blix |
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Lena Bjerkmo Ann Karin Helgesen Toril Agnete Larsen Bodil H. Blix |
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“Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities |
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