A salutogenesis approach to ageing with impairment

The managing and coping experiences of older people ageing with deafblindness

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ID11199455
AutoresPeter Simcock (0000-0002-9586-4244, Birmingham City University, autor correspondente), Jill Manthorpe (0000-0001-9006-1410, King's College London), Anthea Tinker (0000-0002-0305-7198, King's College London)
Ano2023
Volume43
Fascículo12
Páginas2957-2982
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x22000083
OpenAlexW4210885626
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas38

An understanding of the psychosocial impact of deafblindness on older people is impoverished by a dearth of research in the field. Particularly limited are studies adopting a salutogenesis perspective, in which older deafblind people's coping capacities are explored. Much research focuses on vulnerability to unfavourable outcomes, which may perpetuate negative stereotypes of deafblind people as passive and dependent. Identifying deafblind people as a vulnerable group gives rise to misunderstanding of the impairment, perceptions of incapability and neglect of deafblind people's agency. This paper draws on data from the first United Kingdom-based study of vulnerability from the perspectives of older adults ageing with deafblindness. Findings presented here relate to participants’ experiences of managing and coping with their felt vulnerability and ageing with deafblindness. The study adopted interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) as its qualitative approach. In-depth semi-structured interviews were undertaken between October 2014 and July 2016 with eight participants, aged between 48 and 83 years. Data were analysed using an iterative six-step IPA process. Three superordinate themes were identified: taking action to protect self; psychological coping strategies; and accessing and using care and support. Participants’ managing and coping strategies, and the care and support they value, respond to elements identified as generating felt vulnerability. Professionals should seek to bolster coping capacity and provide support in ways valued by those ageing with deafblindness

Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Neglect · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Public health · Qualitative research · Salutogenesis · Sociology · Superordinate goals · Vulnerability (computing) · Clinical Psychology · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology