Continuity After a Stroke: Implications of Life-course Disruption in Old Age
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 33 (2) , 148-158
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/33.2.148
Abstract
Life-course disruption caused by a stroke and subsequent attempts on the part of stroke victims to restore continuity was explored through qualitative research with a sample of 216 persons. This research suggests: 1) that theory in gerontology could be deepened by framing continuity to include discontinuous experience in late life; and 2) that research on what elderly persons themselves make of continuity – how they perpetuate it or recreate it and the obstacles they perceive in doing so – may inform our understanding of the experience of old age and lead to applications in the practice of gerontology that address the disruption illness poses for people's lives.Keywords
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