Utilizing elderly free time activities : a study of activities that promote health and wellbeing

Content Provider	COnnecting REpositories (CORE)
Author	Mbuthia, Ruth Muthoni Bambot, Gildas
Date of Submission	2011-01-01
Abstract	The aim of this study is to investigate free time activities that can promote health and wellbeing among hospitalized elderly people in order to provide information to caregivers. The research questions are: Which activities at free time promote health and wellbeing among hospitalized elderly people from caregivers’ point of view? How do activities at free time promote health and wellbeing among hospitalized elderly people from caregivers’ point of view? Which type of activities can long term hospitalized elderly engage in, in the future? The theoretical framework of the study is Pender’s theory of health promotion. A qualitative research method is chosen for this study with a designed face-to-face interview as data collection tool. Six informants took part in the study. The data analysis was done by the content analysis method. The main results of this study show that free time activities are essential as they address the physical, psychological and social needs, which helps to promote health and wellbeing of hospitalized elderly. However, inadequate resources, education and motivation limit provision of free time activities
File Format	PDF
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://core.ac.uk/display/38041629
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Yrkeshögskolan Novia
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article