Citation

Voelki JE, Nicholson L. Activ. Adapt. Aging 1992; 16(4): 99-114.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J016v16n04_08

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Little is known about the perceptions held by resi- dents of long term care facilities regarding their daily experiences and the role that structured activities may play in their daily lives. In the present exploratory study, residents (N = 16) of a long term care facility were asked to participate in intensive interviews and a subsample (N = 5) was asked to participate in the experience sam- pling method (ESM). The ESM involved residents reporting their activity involvement and perceptions of pleasure and choice at sev- eral random times each day for four to SIX days. Findings regarding residents' perceptions of leasurable experiences, choices, control, practice are discussed. J and constraints m daily I' e are presented. Possible implications for