• Older people enacting resilience in stories about living alone and receiving home care 

      Voie, Kristin Synnøve; Wiles, Janine; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Kristiansen, Margrethe; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-17)
      Although older people who live alone might be in a vulnerable situation, they have often managed their everyday life for a long time, frequently with health challenges. In this article, we explore how nine older persons who live alone, who receive home care and are identified by home care professionals as being frail, manage their everyday lives by inquiring into their stories about living alone and ...
    • Professional home care providers' conceptualisations of frailty in the context of home care: A focus group study 

      Voie, Kristin Synnøve; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Larsen, Toril Agnete; Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-10)
      Background: In Norway, as in many other countries, more people receive health and care services in their homes than before. Home care professionals provide care and support to people with a range of health and care needs. Older home care service users are sometimes referred to as ‘frail’, but the terms ‘frail’ and ‘frailty’ have different meanings in different contexts, and little is known about ...
    • The timescapes of older adults living alone and receiving home care: An interview study 

      Voie, Kristin Synnøve; Wiles, Janine; Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde; Kristiansen, Margrethe; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-02)
      In this study, we drew on Barbara Adam's (1998) timescape perspective and applied a timescape lens to our analysis of how nine older adults who live alone, receive home care and are considered by home care professionals to be frail, experience living (in) time. Over a period of eight months, we conducted three interviews with each of the nine participants. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic ...