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1. Coping With Preclinical Disability: Older Women's Experiences of Everyday Activities.

Author

Lorenz RA

Subjects
*NARRATIVES, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *AGING, *ANALYSIS of variance, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), *CONCEPTUAL structures, *INTERVIEWING, *LIFE skills, *PHENOMENOLOGY, *RESEARCH methodology, *MEDICAL needs assessment, *NURSING assessment, *PARTICIPANT observation, *PEOPLE with disabilities, *RECORDS, *RESEARCH funding, *STATISTICAL sampling, *SCALE analysis (Psychology), *ACTIVITIES of daily living, *SOCIAL support, *THEMATIC analysis, *CLASSIFICATION, *EVALUATION, *OLD age
Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe coping practices used by older women during preclinical disability. This paper was derived from qualitative data gathered during a larger multimethod longitudinal study. Twelve women (60 to 80 years of age) participated in baseline functional performance measures and then repeated in-depth interviews and participant observations over 18 months. A hermeneutic approach was used to interpret the in-depth interviews, participant observations, and field notes using three interrelated processes of thematic, exemplar, and identification of paradigm cases to identify coping practices. Women coped with functional decline, such as difficulty getting up from the floor, in many different ways. Coping practices were grouped into five themes: resist, adapt, substitute, endure, and eliminate. These findings suggest that nurses need to realize outward appearances may mask the level of effort required for older women to complete daily activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010
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2. SIG/CR Workshop: Conceptual Crowbars and Classification at the Crossroads: The Impact and Future of Classification Research.

Author

Adler, Melissa

Subjects
*INFORMATION science associations, *CLASSIFICATION of books, *SUBJECT headings, *ADULT education workshops
Abstract

EDITOR'S SUMMARY Special Interest Group/Classification Research (SIG/CR) explored the significance of studies on classification and its real world effects through paper presentations by students and faculty at the 2015 ASIS&T Annual Meeting workshop. Presenters looked at the effects of approaches to classifying and structuring knowledge and at the ways classification models frame similarities and differences and influence views of society and the world. Among the papers on specific models and cases were presentations on capturing situation semantics in metadata, classifications of violence and disasters and historians' perspectives on organizing information. Fundamental philosophical positions were shown to inform classifications, and the effects of classificatory systems evolve with time. Other papers addressed the cultural, political and theoretical consequences of compiling a controlled vocabulary, outsourcing metadata and information resources for classification of social and cultural issues. The workshop ended with the announcement of new officers and presentation of student scholarships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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