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Exploring gaps in positive solitude perceptions: older adults vs. gerontology professionals
2020
International Psychogeriatrics
The aim of this study was to explore old persons' experiences of positive solitude (PS) and the gaps between their experience and professional caregivers' perceptions of older adults' experiences of PS. Moreover, we attempt to understand the basic mechanism that may explain these gaps. A qualitative method was used. Fourty-one older adults (aged 65-103 years) and 2 groups of professionals: 16 occupational therapists with a specialization in gerontology and 41 gerontology graduate students from
doi:10.1017/s1041610220003555
pmid:33153514
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