Aging in (a meaningful) place – appropriateness and feasibility of Outdoor Reablement in a rural Arctic setting
Marianne Eliassen, Trude Anita Hartviksen, Solrun Holm, Bodil Anita Sørensen, Magnus Zingmark · 2024
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Description
In rural Arctic Norway, older people speak of meaningful places outdoors, yet the rehab programs that help them stay home rarely leave the house. Marianne Eliassen and four co-authors spent eleven months designing an outdoor version in a 2024 study. Three municipalities took part, with 35 participants including older service users and health workers.
Workshops, focus groups, and interviews fed a co-design process grounded in socioecological theory. The obstacles are plain: isolation, thin services, harsh weather, and seasons that swing between endless light and dark. Against them stands a strong cultural attachment to outdoor life, which the authors treat as the program's engine rather than its problem. Their model adapts standard reablement, goal-led home rehabilitation, to trails, yards, and shorelines, and they judge it appropriate and feasible for Arctic communities willing to plan around the weather.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Marianne Eliassen, Trude Anita Hartviksen, Solrun Holm, Bodil Anita Sørensen, Magnus Zingmark |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |