Everyday life after a hip fracture: what community-living older adults perceive as most beneficial for their recovery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to gain insight into what older adults after hip fracture perceive as most beneficial to their recovery to everyday life.

Design

qualitative research approach.

Setting

six skilled nursing facilities.

Participants

19 older community dwelling older adults (aged 65-94), who had recently received geriatric rehabilitation after hip fracture.

Methods

semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 older adults after hip fracture. Coding techniques based on constructivist grounded theory were applied.

Results

four categories were derived from the data: 'restrictions for everyday life', 'recovery process', 'resources for recovery' and 'performing everyday activities'. Physical and psychological restrictions are consequences of hip fracture tha

SUBMITTER: Pol M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503934 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature