Table 7.
Life habits | No. of iterations reported by | Themes | |||
Caregivers | Health Professionals | Health Care Managers | Patients | ||
Nutrition | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ▪ Preparing food ▪ Independent feeding. Feeding oneself ▪ Using kitchen utensils with one hand ▪ Meals-on-wheels service ▪ Diet to be followed ▪ Difficulty swallowing |
Fitness | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ▪ Enrolling in a group activity requiring use of upper limb ▪ Exercise program offered on discharge ▪ Changing bad habits (smoking, alcohol, eating, exercise) |
Personal care | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ▪ Dressing ▪ Use of toilet ▪ Personal hygiene |
Housing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ▪ Supervision at home and safe movement |
Mobility | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ▪ Walking long distances ▪ Driving a car, losing a license ▪ Trips outside the home with community organization (volunteers) restricted to bank, doctor ▪ Adapted/accessible transportation (outings, doctor) ▪ Taxi (expensive) |
Communication | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ▪ Stimulation for communication: reading, speaking |
Responsibility | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ▪ Change in roles: managing budget, paying bills, doing personal care, going to the bank |
Interpersonal relationships | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | ▪ Visit from friends or family (movement more difficult) ▪ Family relations (arguments, humiliation...) ▪ Intimate and sexual relations difficult in lodgings ▪ Relationship with partner (prevention: separation, divorce) ▪ Resources for meeting people socially ▪ Relationships with other patients |
Community life | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ▪ Going to church (spiritual life) ▪ Shopping difficult if have to walk (-) and carry bags (-) ▪ Adapted leisure activities ▪ Using banking services |
Employment and other habits | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ▪ Social integration through leisure, adapted or regular work or volunteer work: find partners outside the health network |
Recreation | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ▪ Availability of volunteers for adapted/accessible transportation ▪ Open-air activities in wheelchair and adapted vehicle ▪ Community leisure activities organized through day centre ▪ Seeing new areas ▪ Going on travels ▪ Using restaurants |