Open AccessExperiences of Being Significant Others to Older Adults with Frailty Living Alone in Rural Arctic Norway: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Lena Bjerkmo,
Ann Karin Helgesen,
Bodil Hansen Blix
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s367079
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , thematic analysis , gerontology , arctic , rural area , qualitative research , psychology , life course approach , medicine , geography , sociology , social psychology , ecology , social science , archaeology , pathology , biology
Our aim in this study was to explore how significant others experience being "significant" to older adults living alone with frailty in rural Arctic areas in northern Norway. The proportion of older adults in the population is larger and growing faster in rural- than in urban areas. Due to out-migration of the younger generations, many significant others live far from the older adults.