Just managing : Lifeworlds while waiting for long term care

dc.contributor.author	Aylard, Elise Ann	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-12T19:31:22Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-12T19:31:22Z
dc.date.copyright	2002	en_US
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.degree.department	Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.level	Master of Arts M.A.	en
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the life world of older people who are waiting to be admitted to long term care. Four older women were interviewed, the interviews transcribed and analyzed for themes. Of the four women, one was frustrated and impatient with the need to wait; three were continuing to live to the best of their abilities coping with their various illnesses but not focusing on the length of the waiting time. Themes common to several participants were: coping with social isolation, not wanting to be a burden on friends and family and using life experience to deal with the present and the future . Individual themes included fear of living alone, making the best of things, gratitude for the past and worries about the future.
dc.format.extent	84 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1828/17008
dc.rights	Available to the World Wide Web	en_US
dc.title	Just managing : Lifeworlds while waiting for long term care	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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