Becker G
Institute for Health and Aging, School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco 94143-0612.
Gerontologist. 1993 Apr;33(2):148-58. doi: 10.1093/geront/33.2.148.
Life-course disruption caused by a stroke and subsequent attempts on the part of stoke victims to restore continuity was explored through qualitative research with a sample of 216 persons. This research suggests: 1) that theory in gerontology could be deepened by framing continuity to include discontinuous experience in late life; and 2) that research on what elderly persons themselves make of continuity--how they perpetuate it or recreate it and the obstacles they perceive in doing so--may inform our understanding of the experience of old age and lead to applications in the practice of gerontology that address the disruption illness poses for people's lives.
通过对216名样本进行定性研究，探讨了中风导致的生命历程中断以及中风患者随后恢复连续性的尝试。这项研究表明：1）老年学理论可以通过将连续性框架扩大到包括晚年的不连续经历来加以深化；2）关于老年人如何理解连续性——他们如何延续或重新创造连续性以及他们在这样做时所察觉到的障碍——的研究，可能会增进我们对老年经历的理解，并在老年学实践中带来一些应用，这些应用能够解决疾病给人们生活造成的破坏。
