“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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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/22638 2023-05-15T14:25:54+02:00 “Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities Bjerkmo, Lena Helgesen, Ann Karin Larsen, Toril Agnete Blix, Bodil H. 2021-08-12 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22638 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 eng eng Taylor & Francis Open Access International Journal of Circumpolar Health https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 Bjerkmo, Helgesen, Larsen, Blix. “Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2021;80(1):1-11 FRIDAID 1925712 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22638 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 2021-09-29T22:53:54Z 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 Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive 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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“Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities |
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 Bjerkmo, Helgesen, Larsen, Blix. “Falling off the wagon”: older adults’ experiences of living with frailty in rural arctic communities. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2021;80(1):1-11 FRIDAID 1925712 doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1957569 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22638 |
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