Life in the later years : an exploration of the meaning of retirement to ageing self-advocates
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Social Work, School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Baumbusch, Sarah Diane
issued: 2010-12-16T22:20:31Z
issued: 2010
related degree: Master of Social Work - MSW
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of retirement to adults with an intellectual disability in older age. Background: Seven adults between the ages of 50-60 years old participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews on the subject of retirement. All participants lived independently in the community, three participants were male and four participants were female. Method: An interview guide was used to address topics related to retirement. Interviews were approximately one hour in duration. Data was analyzed to find content themes. Findings: Three key themes came out of the data; the economics of retirement, desire for choices in retirement, and changing relationships with ageing parents. Discussion: Rethinking the term “retirement” in order to be more inclusive to the experience of populations who may not have participated in the paid workforce, acknowledgement of the transition from a “person with a disability” to a “senior citizen”, and education in regards to retirement and the issues that arise at this time of life are areas of discussion that came forward in this study.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/30443
note: Life in the Later Years: An Exploration of the Meaning of Retirement to Ageing Self-Advocates by Sarah Diane Baumbusch A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK in The Faculty of Graduate Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) November 2010 © Sarah Diane Baumbusch, 2010 Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of retirement to adults with an intellectual disability in older age. Background: Seven adults between the ages of 50-60 years old participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews on the subject of retirement. All participants lived independently in the community, three participants were male and four participants were female. Method: An interview guide was used to address topics related to retirement. Interviews were approximately one hour in duration. Data was analyzed to find content themes. Findings: Three key themes came out of the data; the economics of retirement, desire for choices in retirement, and changing relationships with ageing parents. Discussion: Rethinking the term “retirement” in order to be more inclusive to the experience of populations who may not have participated in the paid workforce, acknowledgement of the transition from a “person with a disability” to a “senior citizen”, and education in regards to retirement and the issues that arise at this time of life are areas of discussion that came forward in this study. ii Preface This research, Life in the Later Years: An Exploration of the Meaning of Retirement to Ageing Self-Advocates has been approved by the University of British Columbia Behavioural Research Ethics Board certificate H09-03194. iii Table of Contents Abstract.............................................................................................................................. ii Preface............................................................................................................................... iii T…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2011-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0071532
language: eng
degree discipline: Social Work
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30443