Being Occupied With What Matters in Advanced Age
| aut.researcher | Wright-St Clair, Valerie Ann | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wright-St Clair, VA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-13T20:28:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-13T20:28:48Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2011 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article illuminates one key finding of an interpretive phenomenological study that brought an occupational lens to exploring how elders experience ageing in their everyday lives. Fifteen community-dwelling, New Zealand elders aged 71 to 97, 4 Maori and 11 non-Maori, were purposively recruited. Data were gathered through individual interviews focused on stories of everyday moments and photographs of the participant’s hands only while engaged in doing a chosen occupation. Discrete stories were drawn from the narrative data and interpreted, guided by Gadamerian hermeneutics and Heideggerian phenomenology. The notion of ‘doing what matters’ emerged as participants spoke of having one occupation that was of primary importance to them. This one compelling pursuit showed as an enduring interest over time, illuminating the temporal unity of past, present and future in advanced age. Accordingly, the boundaries of researching occupational engagement in advanced age ought to be redefined. Instead of a current emphasis on understanding elders’ participation in daily activities, activity categories and patterns, occupational science research might deepen the focus to understand how engagement in subjectively compelling occupations is associated with ageing well and longevity. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Occupational Science. Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 44-53. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14427591.2011.639135 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1442-7591 (print) 2158-1576 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/2303 | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
| dc.rights | Copyright © 2011 Taylor & Francis. This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Journal of Occupational Science and is available online at: www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article (see Publisher’s Version) | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | |
| dc.subject | Older adults | |
| dc.subject | Interpretive phenomenology | |
| dc.subject | Everyday occupations | |
| dc.subject | Ageing well | |
| dc.title | Being Occupied With What Matters in Advanced Age | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Health & Environmental Science | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers/Health & Environmental Sciences PBRF Researchers | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/PBRF Researchers/Health & Environmental Sciences PBRF Researchers/HES R & O Occupational Therapy |