'All in a day's work' The lifeworld of older people in New Zealand rest homes

摘要: This doctoral thesis contributes to critical gerontology research by investigating the lived experiences of residents in everyday world New Zealand rest homes. There is a need understand how frail home experience "age". study focuses on describing and understanding experiences. As population ageing, this phenomenological focus adds clarity poorly understood about being aged Policy initiatives such as Positive Ageing Strategy with its emphasis keeping older people living community largely ignore life practices increasing proportions who require long-term residential care. My mixed-methods modified framework approach draws lifeworld Max van Manen (1990) Alfred Schutz (1972). The made up thematic strands experience: these space, time, body relations others, which are both source object (van Manen, 1990). These temporarily unravelled considered in-depth for 27 took part audio-recorded interviews, before interwoven through multiple-helix model, into an integrated interpretation residents‟ lifeworld. Supplementing backgrounding interviews residents, descriptive data including written interview summaries survey findings relationships pastimes 352 21 homes, counted described. day-to-day use mediated temporal order, self-managed bodies minds, negotiated interpreted. mythology misery challenged, more constructive offered. Findings reveal meanings around daily work constructed residents. elders participate life, from sidelines or not at all, they choose able, always involves They continue actively manage satisfactory fulfilling relationships, because their ordinary, it “all day‟s work”.