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Id		557
Author		la Cour K., Josephsson S., Luborsky M.
Title		Creating connections of life during life-threatening illness: Creative activity experienced by elderly people and occupational therapists
Reference		la Cour K., Josephsson S., Luborsky M.; Creating connections of life during life-threatening illness: Creative activity experienced by elderly people and occupational therapists ;Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy vol:12 issue: 3 page:98.0
Link to article		https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-26044480621&doi=10.1080%2f11038120510030889&partnerID=40&md5=b382517742f820311f4b2f852412cf8b
Abstract		Objective. The aim of this study was to discover and characterize components of engagement in creative activity as occupational therapy for elderly people dealing with life-threatening illness, from the perspective of both clients and therapists. Despite a long tradition of use in clinical interventions, key questions remain little addressed concerning how and why people seek these activities and the kinds of benefits that may result. Method. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 8 clients and 7 therapists participating in creative workshops using crafts at a nursing home in Sweden. Analysis of the interviews was conducted using a constant comparative method. Findings. Engaging in creative activity served as a medium that enabled creation of connections to wider culture and daily life that counters consequences of terminal illness, such as isolation. Creating connections to life was depicted as the core category, carried out in reference to three subcategories: (1) a generous receptive environment identified as the foundation for engaging in creative activity; (2) unfolding creations - an evolving process; (3) reaching beyond for possible meaning horizons. Conclusion. The findings suggest that the domain of creative activity can enable the creation of connections to daily life and enlarge the experience of self as an active person, in the face of uncertain life-threatening illness. Ultimately, the features that participants specify can be used to refine and substantiate the use of creative activities in intervention and general healthcare. © 2005 Taylor & Francis.

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Here the result achieved was a source of pride and satisfaction. .
Results in common of these studies are that engagement in cultural and creative occupations can play an important role by providing patients with relief from problems, increasing selfesteem, and improving health. .
The findings in this study add knowledge for the understanding of components necessary for establishing a space or therapeutic environment in which creative work and acts of defining and reconstructing meaningful connections to cultural traditions and life in the community can take place. .
This combination highlights not only the collaborative foundation for establishing a generous environment, but also the dynamics between participants necessary for the creation of connections to everyday life. .
Engaging in creative activity served as a medium that enabled creation of connections to wider culture and daily life that counters consequences of terminal illness, such as isolation. .
It adheres to an explicit philosophy to support the use of cultural and creative activities. .
Primarily the results are indicative of how and why engaging in creative activity can be of importance. .
First, a generous receptive environment, highlighting the sociocultural setting as a necessary context for pursuing engagement in creative activity. .
This part of the process also showed a personal aspect as the creative process gave each person ways to unfold and share something of themselves. .
Engaging in creative activity appeared to enable the creation of connections with regard to a larger sense of being oneself. .
So, the creative activity accentuated a change of focus and contributed to experiences of profound joy. .
Clients can accomplish a lot of things within these creative projects. .
A primary benefit of engaging in creative activity was identified as experience of joy. .
Engaging in crafts in such a demand-free environment allowed clients to find their own personal pace and an acceptance of individual rhythms. .
The findings suggest that the domain of creative activity can enable the creation of connections to daily life and enlarge the experience of self as an active person, in the face of uncertain life-threatening illness. .
A generous receptive environment A generous receptive environment was identified as a basic requisite for fostering engagement in creative activity. .
A prominent result was identification of the generous environment as a prerequisite for engagement in creative occupation. .
In making creations, joy emerged through sensory meeting with the material. .
In ideation, joy was evoked through reflective play with ideas. .
Consequently a generous environment that embraces the existence of contrasts was needed in order to foster participation. .
The creative process from ideation to making and to the final result stimulated joy. .
This was emphasized by the participants as they spoke of purely doing, to make something in a practical manner, and experiencing a creation growing from the work with their hands and body made them feel happy. .
Also the creations that unfolded became valuable sources of joy in the form of a final product. .
The clients spoke with pride of having produced something purposeful and worthwhile. .
Thus the population could be considered to be biased, as people who did not choose to engage in such activity were not approached. .

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