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| Life satisfaction among home-dwelling older people who have experienced falls and have declined subjective health | | Author(s) | Edit Fonad, Britt Ebbeskog |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 31, no 1, January-March 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-March 2017 |
| Pages | pp 57-73 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Falls ; Chronic illness ; Living in the community ; Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Qualitative Studies ; Quantitative studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | This study investigated the reported life situations of home-dwelling Swedish older people who have experienced falls and have declining subjective health. A mixed method design was used, consisting of a quantitative study comprising questionnaires completed by 434 home-dwelling older people, and a qualitative study comprising 30 interviews. The findings showed that declining physical function combined with limited health status was associated with falling. Despite limited physical condition, participants experienced well-being and life satisfaction in daily living. Insight obtained from these findings deepens our understanding of fallers, and may provide a basis for future research leading to improvements within health care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421232 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CI: K4: D:F:5HH: F:5HH: 3DP: 3DQ: 76P |
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