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Disability pension and everyday life: A period of transition and subjective aspects of future occupational life.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22130055     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Objective: The purpose was to explore and describe the everyday life experiences among people with a disability pension and their expectations for future occupational life. Participants: A purposeful sample of 14 men and women were interviewed. Of these, ten people received full-time disability pension and four people were on partial disability pension while working part time. Methods and Results: A content analysis approach revealed three themes: strategies for handling a changed life situation, adaptations to remaining functional capacity, and expectations on future occupational life. Initially, leaving the work market entailed a period of emotional discomfort. To help handle this discomfort, structures for participation and performance came to signify a balanced everyday life. Conclusions: The central conclusion drawn is that the informants with full-time disability pension reconciled themselves to their situation, changing their conception of what life on a disability pension means, while those informants who worked part-time saw their future role as that of worker. Thus, being employed constitutes one factor that promotes a future work career. Another factor related to work capacity is the need for balance between paid work and domestic work reported by disability pensioners working part-time. This area could serve as a point of departure for work rehabilitation.
Authors:
Annica E M Johansson; Ulla Johansson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Work (Reading, Mass.)     Volume:  40     ISSN:  1875-9270     ISO Abbreviation:  Work     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9204382     Medline TA:  Work     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  375-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Nesoddtangen, Norway Centre for Research and Development, Uppsala University, County Council of Gävleborg, Sweden.
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