University of Exeter Business School, UK.
University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Dementia (London). 2024 Oct;23(7):1081-1102. doi: 10.1177/14713012241262384. Epub 2024 Jul 26.
This article adopts an embodiment lens to explore the individual leisure experiences of people living with dementia when engaging in nature-based pursuits. It focuses on how people living with dementia frame their everyday experiences of nature and how these are shaped by any cognitive challenges and/or other comorbidities affecting physical health.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Taking a phenomenological research approach, we interviewed 15 people living with dementia and 15 family carers of people with dementia to explore how people with dementia engage with nature as a subjective leisure experience. We analysed their accounts using reflexive thematic analysis.
The findings reveal how people living with dementia frame their experiences of nature-based pursuits through three interlinked themes of 'bodily feelings and emotions', 'sense of self and identity' and 'connectivity to others'.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The paper contributes to knowledge by examining through the lens of embodiment a neglected and overlooked dimension of everyday leisure: how nature is encountered, negotiated and enjoyed. The paper illustrates how nature and the outdoors may help people living with dementia to continue to enjoy prior leisure pursuits and thus achieve a degree of continuity in their everyday lives.
本文采用体现镜头来探索痴呆症患者在参与基于自然的活动时的个体休闲体验。它侧重于痴呆症患者如何构建他们对自然的日常体验，以及这些体验如何受到影响身体健康的任何认知挑战和/或其他合并症的影响。
设计/方法/方法：采用现象学研究方法，我们采访了 15 名痴呆症患者和 15 名痴呆症患者的家庭护理者，以探讨痴呆症患者如何将自然作为一种主观的休闲体验来参与。我们使用反思性主题分析来分析他们的叙述。
研究结果揭示了痴呆症患者如何通过“身体感觉和情感”、“自我意识和身份”以及“与他人的联系”这三个相互关联的主题来构建他们的自然体验。
原创性/价值：本文通过体现镜头来检验被忽视和忽视的日常休闲维度：如何遇到、协商和享受自然。本文说明了自然和户外环境如何帮助痴呆症患者继续享受以前的休闲活动，从而在日常生活中实现一定程度的连续性。
