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Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context
Few studies have appeared in the health care literature on the meaning of transition into retirement and later life. However, this predictable-involuntary transition may influence personal health and well-being, and studying it from a self-care perspective could be useful. The aim of this study was...
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Dove Medical Press
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21847349 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S21385 |
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author | Söderhamn, Olle Skisland, Anne Herrman, Margaretha |
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description | Few studies have appeared in the health care literature on the meaning of transition into retirement and later life. However, this predictable-involuntary transition may influence personal health and well-being, and studying it from a self-care perspective could be useful. The aim of this study was to illuminate aspects of self-care in a group of middle-aged individuals in relation to their anticipated transition into retirement in the Nordic welfare context. A total of 13 individuals, aged 55 to 65 years, were randomly chosen from the total number of inhabitants in three municipalities in mid-west Sweden. Conversational interviews took place, during which the informants shared important events in their lives that had occurred from early childhood until the present time, together with thoughts about their anticipated future developmental transition into later life. The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. After content analyses and interpretation, a comprehensive picture of the phenomenon was revealed. The results showed that there were opportunities, expectations, wishes, concerns, and worries related to the transition into retirement and old age among informants from both rural and urban municipalities. Self-care, in connection with this, depended on motivating and demotivating factors. Autonomy and mature dependence seemed to be positive driving forces for reaching a successful transition into later life. Supporting autonomy should be a way of facilitating the transition into retirement and later life. |
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spelling | pubmed-31558572011-08-16 Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context Söderhamn, Olle Skisland, Anne Herrman, Margaretha J Multidiscip Healthc Original Research Few studies have appeared in the health care literature on the meaning of transition into retirement and later life. However, this predictable-involuntary transition may influence personal health and well-being, and studying it from a self-care perspective could be useful. The aim of this study was to illuminate aspects of self-care in a group of middle-aged individuals in relation to their anticipated transition into retirement in the Nordic welfare context. A total of 13 individuals, aged 55 to 65 years, were randomly chosen from the total number of inhabitants in three municipalities in mid-west Sweden. Conversational interviews took place, during which the informants shared important events in their lives that had occurred from early childhood until the present time, together with thoughts about their anticipated future developmental transition into later life. The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed verbatim. After content analyses and interpretation, a comprehensive picture of the phenomenon was revealed. The results showed that there were opportunities, expectations, wishes, concerns, and worries related to the transition into retirement and old age among informants from both rural and urban municipalities. Self-care, in connection with this, depended on motivating and demotivating factors. Autonomy and mature dependence seemed to be positive driving forces for reaching a successful transition into later life. Supporting autonomy should be a way of facilitating the transition into retirement and later life. Dove Medical Press 2011-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3155857/ /pubmed/21847349 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S21385 Text en © 2011 Söderhamn et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Söderhamn, Olle Skisland, Anne Herrman, Margaretha Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title | Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title_full | Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title_fullStr | Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title_full_unstemmed | Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title_short | Self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a Nordic welfare context |
title_sort | self-care and anticipated transition into retirement and later life in a nordic welfare context |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21847349 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S21385 |
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