Gunilla Isaksson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4218706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunilla Isaksson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunilla |
| FAMILY NAME | Isaksson |
| SIGNATURE | ISAKSSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luleå University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9143-9235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Older Adults’ Experiences of Using Strategies to Maintain and Foster Social Participation
Social participation is positively associated with older adults’ health. Health‐care services, therefore, need to empower older adults to adapt to the social changes that accompany aging. This systematic review, with a metasynthesis of qualitative studies, aimed to describe and develop an understanding of home‐dwelling older adults’ (65 yrs+) experiences of using strategies to maintain and foster their social participation. The main search was pe…
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…
Strategies of older couples to sustain togetherness
Crossing a Line
A Narrative of Agency Enacted within the Everyday Occupations of an Older Swedish Woman
This article explores how agency is enacted in everyday occupations with others and evolves over time. Agency is a complex concept that is closely linked to human occupation. By using a transactional perspective and a narrative approach, our ambition was to explore agency beyond individual acts or responsibilities. To achieve this, we used a story of an older woman in the context of being widowed and living with late-life depression. Data were ge…
Being part of an enacted togetherness
A Narrative of Agency Enacted within the Everyday Occupations of an Older Swedish Woman
This article explores how agency is enacted in everyday occupations with others and evolves over time. Agency is a complex concept that is closely linked to human occupation. By using a transactional perspective and a narrative approach, our ambition was to explore agency beyond individual acts or responsibilities. To achieve this, we used a story of an older woman in the context of being widowed and living with late-life depression. Data were ge…
Strategies of older couples to sustain togetherness
Being part of an enacted togetherness
Crossing a Line
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…
Being part of an enacted togetherness
A Narrative of Agency Enacted within the Everyday Occupations of an Older Swedish Woman
This article explores how agency is enacted in everyday occupations with others and evolves over time. Agency is a complex concept that is closely linked to human occupation. By using a transactional perspective and a narrative approach, our ambition was to explore agency beyond individual acts or responsibilities. To achieve this, we used a story of an older woman in the context of being widowed and living with late-life depression. Data were ge…
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…
Older Adults’ Experiences of Using Strategies to Maintain and Foster Social Participation
Social participation is positively associated with older adults’ health. Health‐care services, therefore, need to empower older adults to adapt to the social changes that accompany aging. This systematic review, with a metasynthesis of qualitative studies, aimed to describe and develop an understanding of home‐dwelling older adults’ (65 yrs+) experiences of using strategies to maintain and foster their social participation. The main search was pe…
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 …
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Narrative (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Everyday life (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (3 works)