Engelsk titel: Typologies of falls as an understanding of falls prevention in old age
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Författare:
Evron, Lotte
Email: loev@phmetropol.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 31
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15043598
Sammanfattning
The article focuses on falling as an everyday problem and presents six typologies of falls in old
age through a metaphorically inspired discourse analysis. Through semi-structured interviews we
explore 25 older persons’ relation to falling and falls prevention. The results suggest that falls
prevention can be understood as a relation where older persons construct themselves and are
constructed as: athletics, actors, rationalists, rebels, patients and angles. The results open up to a
deeper understanding of falls prevention in old age. The study contributes to a deeper theoretical
understanding of the concept of falls prevention and elucidates new conditions for falls prevention in
the health care system. The study can be used as inspiration to nurses working with falls prevention
in new ways across sectors