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Home Care Occupational Therapists Addressing Leisure Participation for Health and Well-Being

dc.contributor.authorRodges, Tressa
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Occupational Therapyen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerDr. Annie Carrieren_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Grace Warneren_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Karen Rebeiro-Gruhlen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Heidi Lauckneren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-26T15:41:39Z
dc.date.available2024-08-26T15:41:39Z
dc.date.defence2024-08-01
dc.date.issued2024-08-20
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore how OTs practicing in Canadian home care programs address leisure participation challenges among older adult clients in small urban and rural settings. Using Interpretive Description principles (Thorne, 2016), this qualitative study involved semi-structured interviews with home care OTs followed by a focus group to discuss and expand on initial findings. The study revealed that OTs engage in two interwoven processes: Paving the Way for Leisure and Addressing Leisure. Three unifying themes were identified: valuing leisure, creating opportunities for leisure participation and practicing covertly to navigate systemic constraints. The results provide novel information about how home care OTs address leisure, underscores its importance for clients’ health and well-being and validates the often unseen efforts of OTs who find time to address leisure. It also provides an example of how home care OTs are navigating neoliberal constraints as street-level bureaucrats to address leisure.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/84470
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectleisureen_US
dc.subjectontologyen_US
dc.subjectcoverten_US
dc.subjectoccupational therapyen_US
dc.subjecthome careen_US
dc.subjectrural practiceen_US
dc.titleHome Care Occupational Therapists Addressing Leisure Participation for Health and Well-Beingen_US

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