Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Humans are occupational beings. Our occupational choices depend on the opportunities available to us, and within nursing homes, institutional rules or structures may limit occupational engagement. An everyday citizenship lens acknowledges the importance of people's rights as citizens as well as engagement in mundane aspects of the everyday, highlighting diverse expressions of agency. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: To show how older residents living with dementia in nursing homes can realize their everyday citizenship. METHODS: A phenomenologically inspired ethnographic study was conducted in nursing home units in Norway, exploring everyday citizenship through narrative analysis. RESULTS: Within everyday environments of care, the narratives of May, Janne and Camilla tell stories of spontaneous initiatives towards contribution and responsibilities, highlighting their continuous occupational natures. CONCLUSION: can be seen as constitutive of self and identity, through residents' actions and contributions within the mundane and ordinary of everyday life, as an essential part of everyday citizenship. SIGNIFICANCE FOR PRACTICE: and act within the mundane and ordinary of everyday life.
Language: English
Subfield: Occupational Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: VID vitenskapelige høgskole
OpenAlex ID: W4283519239