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Title: | What does positive participation in leisure occupations mean to people with complex neurological disabilities? |
Authors: | Fenech, Anne |
Keywords: | Leisure -- Psychological aspects Leisure -- Social aspects Chronically ill -- Employment |
Issue Date: | 2005-10 |
Publisher: | Malta Association of Occupational Therapists |
Citation: | Fenech, A. (2005). What does positive participation in leisure occupations mean to people with complex neurological disabilities? Maltese Journal of Occupational Therapy, 14, 13-20. |
Abstract: | Chronic illness and disability restrict people's access to work and leisure occupations, so that they experience a loss of valued roles, self-identity and self-esteem (Reynolds, 1997). Swanson and Chenitz (1993) found that people with a chronic condition commonly describe themselves as having to redefine their sense of self, roles and goals, re-framing their place in the world ... and learning to live with a "new me" Jenson and AlIen (1994). This paper sets out to review the literature and demonstrate that positive participation in a leisure occupation, which is meaningful and challenging, will combat boredom and will enable the person to maintain a social identity that may have been lost when work roles are no longer an option. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47655 |
Appears in Collections: | MJOT, Issue 14 MJOT, Issue 14 |
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