title: "Why would I want to go out?": Age-related Vision Loss and Social Participation.
abstract: Social participation, a key determinant of healthy aging, is often negatively impacted by age-related vision loss (ARVL). This grounded theory study aimed to understand social participation as a process negotiated in everyday life by older adults with ARVL. Interviews, audio diaries, and life space maps were used to collect data with 21 older adults in two Ontario cities. Inductive data analysis resulted in a transactional model of the process of negotiating social participation in context. This model depicts how environmental features and resources, skills and abilities, and risks and vulnerabilities transacted with values and priorities to affect if and how social participation occurred within the context of daily life. The findings point to several ways that research and services addressing the social participation of older adults with ARVL need to expand, particularly in relation to environmental features and resources, risk, and the prioritization of independence.
authors.affiliation: School of Occupational Therapy & Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,The University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laliberte Rudman
authors.affiliation: Research and Program Development,CNIB.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.affiliation: School of Occupational Therapy & Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,The University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.affiliation: Research, Public Policy and Evaluation,United Way of Greater Toronto.
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuvela
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry and Vision Science,University of Waterloo.
authors.forename: Marlee M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Spafford
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute,Faculty of Medicine,University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Renwick
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D012931:Social Environment; D058992:Social Participation / Q000523:psychology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: aging; basse vision; environment; environnement; low vision; participation sociale; qualitative; risk; risque; social participation; vieillissement