Blar i forfatter "Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne"

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    • Being and becoming ‘a frail older adult’: Meaning-making and resistance through storytelling 

      Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-10)
      By inquiring into older adults' narrations about their lives in the present, past, and future, this study aims to learn more about home-dwelling older adults' lived experiences of being and becoming “frail”. This article is based on a dialogical narrative analysis of interviews with three home-dwelling older adults identified as frail by the home care services. We conducted a series of three interviews ...

    • Experiences of Being Significant Others to Older Adults with Frailty Living Alone in Rural Arctic Norway: A Qualitative Study 

      Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)
      <p><b>Purpose:</b> Our aim in this study was to explore how significant others experience being “significant” to older adults living alone with frailty in rural Arctic areas in northern Norway. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and growing faster in rural- than in urban areas. Due to out-migration of the younger generations, many significant others live far from the older ...