Stroke survivors’ and relatives’ negotiation of relational and activity changes: A qualitative study
Engelsk titel: Stroke survivors’ and relatives’ negotiation of relational and activity changes: A qualitative study
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Författare:
Hamran, Torunn
;
Arntzen, Cathrine
Email: Cathrine.Arntzen@Uit.No
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 24
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 16045326
Sammanfattning
This study explores stroke survivors’ and relatives’ negotiation of relational and activity change
in their interrelated long-term meaning-making processes of everyday life and what it means for the
experience of progress and well-being. Material and methods: Repeated retrospective in-depth
interviews were conducted with both the stroke survivor and relatives. A Critical Psychological
Perspective gives the frame of reference to study more closely what is going on in and across
particular contexts in family members’ ongoing social practices. Results: An asymmetric problematic
relationship can develop among the participants in the context of family life. However, the analysis
identifies six beneficial relational and activity changes, which contribute to a reciprocal, balanced
repositioning, and help the family move in a more positive direction. The repositioning processes
facilitate a new transformation of family we-ness, which is important for the participants’ experience
of process and well-being. The comprehensive family work that has to be done is about managing the
imbalance of everyday life, upholding separate activities outside the family sphere and dealing with
the fact that peripheral others become more peripheral. Conclusion: The study addresses some
arguments for taking a family-centred perspective in occupational therapy practice, as well as in a
stroke rehabilitation service in general.