Margareta Lilja
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margareta Lilja |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margareta |
| FAMILY NAME | Lilja |
| SIGNATURE | LILJA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luleå University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1026-5419 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Possibilities and challenges for older couples to continue ageing in place’
Ageing in place is an imminent concern for both older couples and communities. Identifying ways to support ageing in place is required to meet the needs and challenges of older couples and social services systems. Through focus groups with a total of 46 participants and a constant comparative methodology, this study aimed to explore and describe the experiences and reasoning of spousal carers, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders regarding …
Exploring with children, play in Irish primary schoolyards
Children’s play in Irish schoolyards remains neglected in educational policies and practices despite government commitments to inclusive schools and children’s rights. There is a dearth of research on children’s perspectives of play, criticisms of ‘at risk’ discourses underpinning concerns for certain children’s play rights, and studies identifying exclusion within Irish schoolyards, particularly for children with minoritized identities. This inq…
The Process of Using Participatory Action Research when Trying out an ICT Solution in Home-Based Rehabilitation
This article describes the process of using PAR and discusses the strengths and challenges of adopting it as a methodology. With a pilot project 'the rehabilitation journey' as a showcase, we share experiences of how we co-created knowledge and illustrate the actions taken and participants' involvement in the process. This pilot project aimed to explore how ICT solutions can create new ways to deliver home-based rehabilitation that meet the needs…
Strategies of older couples to sustain togetherness
Crossing a Line
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations Related to Older Adults' Health in Northern Sweden
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of temporal patterns of daily occupations that could be related to high and low subjective health among older adults in Northern Sweden. A cross-sectional design imprinted by time-geographic methodology was used and participants 70 years and older were purposively selected and divided into groups of high and low health using the SoC-29 and SF-36 questionnaires. Daily occupations data were regi…
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations among Older Adults in Northern Sweden
This study sought to expand knowledge regarding patterns of daily occupations and, specifically, to explore and describe the daily occupations of Swedish people aged over 70 years by investigating sequences, contexts and time-use. A cross-sectional design with a time-geographic approach was used. Open time diaries from 151 participants were collected and analysed using the software VISUAL-TimePAcTS. The results were illustrated as a routine of si…
To feel safe in everyday life at home – a study of older adults after home modifications
The aim of this study was to explore aspects contributing to experiences of safety in everyday life for older adults who have received modification services. Qualitative interviews were conducted with eight people. Data were analysed using a comparative approach. Three main categories emanated in the analysis: prerequisites that enable a feeling of safety, strategies that enable safety in everyday life, and use of and reliance on technology impac…
Balancing the good - a critical discourse analysis of home modification services
Today an increasing number of people with functional limitations are ageing in their homes. Although the home has become an arena for assessment and implementation of services, little is known about how the interrelationships between ideological and practical circumstances influence the allocation of such welfare services. This explorative study applied a combination of critical discourse analysis and a narrative approach to closely examine such …
Creating possibilities for action in the presence of environmental barriers in the process of ‘ageing in place’
The need for an understanding of ‘ageing in place’ as a progressive process has emerged among researchers in the field of environmental gerontology. The aim of this study was to explore this process, in relation to home modification services. Four older adults who had applied for home modification services in one Swedish municipality were included. Data were collected by open interviews with the participants in their homes on subsequent occasions…
Disability Policy in Sweden
This article describes policy concerning provision of services to persons with disabilities in Sweden. The Swedish welfare system provides general support for society as a whole, which is supplemented by specific support for persons with special needs. This philosophy has guided the way Sweden has built public service systems. The authors describe the range of accessible services for persons with disabilities, including the system of delivery for…
Creating possibilities for action in the presence of environmental barriers in the process of ‘ageing in place’
The need for an understanding of ‘ageing in place’ as a progressive process has emerged among researchers in the field of environmental gerontology. The aim of this study was to explore this process, in relation to home modification services. Four older adults who had applied for home modification services in one Swedish municipality were included. Data were collected by open interviews with the participants in their homes on subsequent occasions…
To feel safe in everyday life at home – a study of older adults after home modifications
The aim of this study was to explore aspects contributing to experiences of safety in everyday life for older adults who have received modification services. Qualitative interviews were conducted with eight people. Data were analysed using a comparative approach. Three main categories emanated in the analysis: prerequisites that enable a feeling of safety, strategies that enable safety in everyday life, and use of and reliance on technology impac…
Strategies of older couples to sustain togetherness
Crossing a Line
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations among Older Adults in Northern Sweden
This study sought to expand knowledge regarding patterns of daily occupations and, specifically, to explore and describe the daily occupations of Swedish people aged over 70 years by investigating sequences, contexts and time-use. A cross-sectional design with a time-geographic approach was used. Open time diaries from 151 participants were collected and analysed using the software VISUAL-TimePAcTS. The results were illustrated as a routine of si…
Balancing the good - a critical discourse analysis of home modification services
Today an increasing number of people with functional limitations are ageing in their homes. Although the home has become an arena for assessment and implementation of services, little is known about how the interrelationships between ideological and practical circumstances influence the allocation of such welfare services. This explorative study applied a combination of critical discourse analysis and a narrative approach to closely examine such …
Disability Policy in Sweden
This article describes policy concerning provision of services to persons with disabilities in Sweden. The Swedish welfare system provides general support for society as a whole, which is supplemented by specific support for persons with special needs. This philosophy has guided the way Sweden has built public service systems. The authors describe the range of accessible services for persons with disabilities, including the system of delivery for…
Possibilities and challenges for older couples to continue ageing in place’
Ageing in place is an imminent concern for both older couples and communities. Identifying ways to support ageing in place is required to meet the needs and challenges of older couples and social services systems. Through focus groups with a total of 46 participants and a constant comparative methodology, this study aimed to explore and describe the experiences and reasoning of spousal carers, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders regarding …
The Process of Using Participatory Action Research when Trying out an ICT Solution in Home-Based Rehabilitation
This article describes the process of using PAR and discusses the strengths and challenges of adopting it as a methodology. With a pilot project 'the rehabilitation journey' as a showcase, we share experiences of how we co-created knowledge and illustrate the actions taken and participants' involvement in the process. This pilot project aimed to explore how ICT solutions can create new ways to deliver home-based rehabilitation that meet the needs…
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations Related to Older Adults' Health in Northern Sweden
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of temporal patterns of daily occupations that could be related to high and low subjective health among older adults in Northern Sweden. A cross-sectional design imprinted by time-geographic methodology was used and participants 70 years and older were purposively selected and divided into groups of high and low health using the SoC-29 and SF-36 questionnaires. Daily occupations data were regi…
Disability Policy in Sweden
This article describes policy concerning provision of services to persons with disabilities in Sweden. The Swedish welfare system provides general support for society as a whole, which is supplemented by specific support for persons with special needs. This philosophy has guided the way Sweden has built public service systems. The authors describe the range of accessible services for persons with disabilities, including the system of delivery for…
Creating possibilities for action in the presence of environmental barriers in the process of ‘ageing in place’
The need for an understanding of ‘ageing in place’ as a progressive process has emerged among researchers in the field of environmental gerontology. The aim of this study was to explore this process, in relation to home modification services. Four older adults who had applied for home modification services in one Swedish municipality were included. Data were collected by open interviews with the participants in their homes on subsequent occasions…
Balancing the good - a critical discourse analysis of home modification services
Today an increasing number of people with functional limitations are ageing in their homes. Although the home has become an arena for assessment and implementation of services, little is known about how the interrelationships between ideological and practical circumstances influence the allocation of such welfare services. This explorative study applied a combination of critical discourse analysis and a narrative approach to closely examine such …
To feel safe in everyday life at home – a study of older adults after home modifications
The aim of this study was to explore aspects contributing to experiences of safety in everyday life for older adults who have received modification services. Qualitative interviews were conducted with eight people. Data were analysed using a comparative approach. Three main categories emanated in the analysis: prerequisites that enable a feeling of safety, strategies that enable safety in everyday life, and use of and reliance on technology impac…
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations among Older Adults in Northern Sweden
This study sought to expand knowledge regarding patterns of daily occupations and, specifically, to explore and describe the daily occupations of Swedish people aged over 70 years by investigating sequences, contexts and time-use. A cross-sectional design with a time-geographic approach was used. Open time diaries from 151 participants were collected and analysed using the software VISUAL-TimePAcTS. The results were illustrated as a routine of si…
Temporal Patterns of Daily Occupations Related to Older Adults' Health in Northern Sweden
The aim of this study was to identify characteristics of temporal patterns of daily occupations that could be related to high and low subjective health among older adults in Northern Sweden. A cross-sectional design imprinted by time-geographic methodology was used and participants 70 years and older were purposively selected and divided into groups of high and low health using the SoC-29 and SF-36 questionnaires. Daily occupations data were regi…
Crossing a Line
Strategies of older couples to sustain togetherness
The Process of Using Participatory Action Research when Trying out an ICT Solution in Home-Based Rehabilitation
This article describes the process of using PAR and discusses the strengths and challenges of adopting it as a methodology. With a pilot project 'the rehabilitation journey' as a showcase, we share experiences of how we co-created knowledge and illustrate the actions taken and participants' involvement in the process. This pilot project aimed to explore how ICT solutions can create new ways to deliver home-based rehabilitation that meet the needs…
Possibilities and challenges for older couples to continue ageing in place’
Ageing in place is an imminent concern for both older couples and communities. Identifying ways to support ageing in place is required to meet the needs and challenges of older couples and social services systems. Through focus groups with a total of 46 participants and a constant comparative methodology, this study aimed to explore and describe the experiences and reasoning of spousal carers, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders regarding …
Exploring with children, play in Irish primary schoolyards
Children’s play in Irish schoolyards remains neglected in educational policies and practices despite government commitments to inclusive schools and children’s rights. There is a dearth of research on children’s perspectives of play, criticisms of ‘at risk’ discourses underpinning concerns for certain children’s play rights, and studies identifying exclusion within Irish schoolyards, particularly for children with minoritized identities. This inq…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (3 works) · Business (3 works)