How accessible are grocery shops for people with dementia? A qualitative study using photo documentation and focus group interviews

Dementia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1872-1888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brorsson ◽  
Annika Öhman ◽  
Stefan Lundberg ◽  
Malcolm P Cutchin ◽  
Louise Nygård
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Photo Documentation ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Background People with dementia who live in ordinary housing need to perform activities outside the home such as visiting friends, talking walks and doing grocery shopping. This article identifies and examines characteristics that may influence accessibility in the space of a grocery shop as perceived by people with dementia. Methods This is a qualitative study with a grounded theory approach. The data collection was done with two different methods. It started with photo documentation and continued with focus group interviews in combination with photo elicitation. Data from both photo documentation and focus groups were analysed according to a grounded theory approach. Results The categories “illogical arrangement”, “overload of products, information and people”, “visual illusions” and “intrusive auditory stimuli” showed characteristics in the grocery shop that influenced how accessible and usable the informants experienced a shop to be. Furthermore, personal capacities in relation to the specific characteristics of the grocery shop space had an influence on how accessible and usable the informants experienced the grocery shop to be. Capacities to find, stay focused and concentrated, meet stress, remember, interpret and discriminate sensory impressions through hearing and sight came to the fore as important. Conclusions Characteristics of both the shop and the person need to be taken into account when supporting people with dementia in grocery shopping.

scholarly journals «Det er fint å være hos rådgiver, hun skjønner oss skjønner du». En empirisk studie av tema som anses som kjennetegn på kvalitet i skolens karriereveiledning

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Erik Hagaseth Haug
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
School Context ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Relational Competence ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Administrative Leaders ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

The aim of the study is to contribute to a more nuanced and differentiated understanding of the concept of quality in career guidance in schools, and to see how the local understandings interrelate with theoretical assumptions. The study focuses on patterns of understanding of the phenomenon quality in career guidance in a Norwegian school context, as the following four actors describe it: Pupils at intermediate and secondary levels, Counsellors from both levels, Administrative leaders from the sampled schools and the School-owners (municipality-representatives). Methodologically, the study uses a grounded theory approach, and the results are based on analysis of focus group interviews with representatives from the different actor groups. The result indicate that the understandings of quality are centered around three interrelated thematic areas; the importance of the practitioners’ relational competence, a focus on the next career choice, and a variety of actors and activities involved in the provision of the service.

scholarly journals ACCESS TO EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE - VIEWS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S774-S775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brorsson ◽  
Louise Nygard ◽  
annika Ohman
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Problematic Situations ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Abstract People with dementia value staying active and continuing with their everyday lives in public space, however there is a lack of knowledge about how they experience accessibility, problematic situations and how to manage these situations. The aim is to illuminate experiences of accessibility in public space in people with dementia with focus on places, activities and problematic situations. A Grounded theory approach was used in the thesis with multiple data collection methods (interviews, focus group interviews, observations and visual methods). Findings show that having access to everyday activities at different places in the neighbourhood was very important for the participants when they perceived themselves as being a part of the society and being active and independent persons. Engaging in familiar activities in familiar places was important. However, their activity radii in the community became smaller. The findings inspired the development of the questionnaire Participation in Activities and Places Outside Home.

scholarly journals How does the process of group singing impact on people affected by cancer? A grounded theory study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e023261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katey Warran ◽  
Daisy Fancourt ◽  
Theresa Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Iterative Analysis ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

ObjectiveThis study aimed to build an understanding of how the process of singing impacts on those who are affected by cancer, including patients, staff, carers and those who have been bereaved.DesignA qualitative study, informed by a grounded theory approach.Setting and participantsPatients with cancer, staff, carers and bereaved who had participated for a minimum of 6 weeks in one of two choirs for people affected by cancer.Methods31 participants took part in Focus Group Interviews lasting between 45 min and an hour, and 1 participant had a face-to-face interview.FindingsFour overarching themes emerged from the iterative analysis procedure. The overarching themes were: building resilience, social support, psychological dimensions and process issues. Following further analyses, a theoretical model was created to depict how building resilience underpins the findings.ConclusionGroup singing may be a suitable intervention for building resilience in those affected by cancer via an interaction between the experience and impact of the choir.

Being a pedestrian with dementia: A qualitative study using photo documentation and focus group interviews

Dementia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1124-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Brorsson ◽  
Annika Öhman ◽  
Stefan Lundberg ◽  
Louise Nygård
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Photo Documentation ◽  
Group Interviews

scholarly journals A Qualitative Study on Employees’ Experiences of a Support model for Systematic Work Environment Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Hellman ◽  
Fredrik Molin ◽  
Magnus Svartengren
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Work Groups ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Support Model

Background: The aim is to explore how an organisational work environment support model, the Stamina model, influences employees’ work situations and the development of sustainable work systems. Methods: It was a qualitative study with semi-structured, focus-group interviews, including 45 employees from six work groups. Eighteen focus group interviews were conducted over a period of two years. Data were analysed with constant comparative method. Results: The core category, shifting focus from an individual to an organisational perspective of work, illustrated how communication and increased understanding of one’s work tasks changed over time and contributed to deeper focus on the actual operation. These insights were implemented at different time points among the work groups during the two-year process. Conclusions: Our results indicate that working with the model engages employees in the work environment management, puts emphasis on reflections and discussions about the meaning and purpose of the operations and enables a shared platform for communication. These are important features that need to continue over time in order to create a sustainable work system. The Stamina model, thus seems to have the potential to promote productive and healthy work places.

The meaning of slow nursing in dementia care

Dementia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 930-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Lillekroken ◽  
Solveig Hauge ◽  
Åshild Slettebø
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
The Moment

Research literature in the dementia field lacks examples of ‘best-practices’ demonstrating concretely how it is possible to support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the nurses’ views concerning a caring approach that may support the sense of coherence in people with dementia. The data were collected through participant observation and focus group interviews during a four-month period in 2011. Sixteen registered nurses recruited from two Norwegian nursing homes participated in this study. The data were interpreted using a phenomenological-hermeneutical method. Three themes were identified: ‘being in the moment’, ‘doing one thing at a time’, and ‘creating joy and contentment’. An overall interpretation of these themes is described by the metaphor ‘slow nursing’, a caring approach that may lead to supporting the sense of coherence in people with dementia.

scholarly journals Individuals' experiences of involuntary admissions and preserving control: qualitative study

BJPsych Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McGuinness ◽  
Kathy Murphy ◽  
Emma Bainbridge ◽  
Liz Brosnan ◽  
Mary Keys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Involuntary Admission ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Admission Process ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

BackgroundA theoretical model of individuals' experiences before, during and after involuntary admission has not yet been established.AimsTo develop an understanding of individuals' experiences over the course of the involuntary admission process.MethodFifty individuals were recruited through purposive and theoretical sampling and interviewed 3 months after their involuntary admission. Analyses were conducted using a Straussian grounded theory approach.ResultsThe ‘theory of preserving control’ (ToPC) emerged from individuals' accounts of how they adapted to the experience of involuntary admission. The ToPC explains how individuals manage to reclaim control over their emotional, personal and social lives and consists of three categories: ‘losing control’, ‘regaining control’ and ‘maintaining control’, and a number of related subcategories.ConclusionsInvoluntary admission triggers a multifaceted process of control preservation. Clinicians need to develop therapeutic approaches that enable individuals to regain and maintain control over the course of their involuntary admission.Declaration of interestNone.

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