Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Rehabilitation, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2020 Nov;27(8):577-590. doi: 10.1080/11038128.2020.1760347. Epub 2020 May 12.
With the evolution of contemporary occupations mediated by digital technologies (DTs), there is a need for occupational therapists to develop and structure knowledge on how to support older adults' engagement in occupations and social participation in a digitalised society. The objective of this study is to explore how tailoring to support older adults' engagement in DT-mediated occupations could be schematised. The study employed a multiple case study methodology. There were nine cases, with each case involving an older adult undergoing a collaborative process to support engagement in DT-mediated occupations. The collaborative process was initiated through questionnaires, observations, and dialogues. Meetings and tailoring strategies were documented in fieldnotes and memos on tailoring, respectively. Semi-structured interviews concluded data collection. Cross-case synthesis was used in data analysis. The result is a proposed scheme for tailoring to support older adults' engagement in digital technology-mediated occupations, wherein strategies undertaken in the collaborative processes were synthesised and described. The proposed scheme for tailoring could contribute to occupational therapists' knowledge on how to support older adults' engagement in contemporary occupations. Testing the model in various practice settings is recommended in order to enhance occupational therapy practice.
随着数字技术（DT）介导的当代职业的演变，职业治疗师需要发展和构建关于如何支持老年人在数字化社会中参与职业和社会参与的知识。本研究的目的是探讨如何将支持老年人参与 DT 介导的职业的定制进行模式化。该研究采用了多案例研究方法。有九个案例，每个案例都涉及一个老年人经历一个协作过程，以支持参与 DT 介导的职业。协作过程通过问卷、观察和对话开始。会议和定制策略分别记录在现场笔记和定制备忘录中。半结构化访谈结束了数据收集。跨案例综合用于数据分析。结果是提出了一种支持老年人参与数字技术介导的职业的定制方案，其中综合和描述了协作过程中采取的策略。所提出的定制方案可以为职业治疗师提供关于如何支持老年人参与当代职业的知识。建议在各种实践环境中测试该模型，以增强职业治疗实践。
