• Being and becoming ‘a frail older adult’: Meaning-making and resistance through storytelling 

      Bjerkmo, Lena Yvonne; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      By inquiring into older adults' narrations about their lives in the present, past, and future, this study aims to learn more about home-dwelling older adults' lived experiences of being and becoming “frail”. This article ...
    • Older people enacting resilience in stories about living alone and receiving home care 

      Voie, Kristin Synnøve; Wiles, Janine; Blix, Bodil Hansen; Kristiansen, Margrethe; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Although older people who live alone might be in a vulnerable situation, they have often managed their everyday life for a long time, frequently with health challenges. In this article, we explore how nine older persons ...
    • The timescapes of older adults living alone and receiving home care: An interview study 

      Voie, Kristin Synnøve; Wiles, Janine; Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde; Kristiansen, Margrethe; Helgesen, Ann Karin; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      In this study, we drew on Barbara Adam's (1998) timescape perspective and applied a timescape lens to our analysis of how nine older adults who live alone, receive home care and are considered by home care professionals ...