TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding How Five Women Make Meaning of Their Temporal Environment While Experiencing Homelessness
AU - Knis-Matthews, Laurie
AU - Theobald, Kimberly
AU - Vacchio, Kyla
AU - Patel, Dhara
AU - Roller, Julia
AU - D’Adezzio, Therese
AU - Garramone, Paige
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This qualitative study explores how five women perceived time while experiencing homelessness. Using in-depth interviewing, three themes emerged; 1: Homelessness is a complex, chaotic experience that changes within blended moments of time as I move from place to place. 2: Outside events influenced how I perceived and structured my time while homeless. 3: Now that I have a permanent place to live, I am taking the time to participate in new occupations and learn how to live a better life. These findings support a more nuanced understanding of time to inform work with people experiencing homelessness.
AB - This qualitative study explores how five women perceived time while experiencing homelessness. Using in-depth interviewing, three themes emerged; 1: Homelessness is a complex, chaotic experience that changes within blended moments of time as I move from place to place. 2: Outside events influenced how I perceived and structured my time while homeless. 3: Now that I have a permanent place to live, I am taking the time to participate in new occupations and learn how to live a better life. These findings support a more nuanced understanding of time to inform work with people experiencing homelessness.
KW - homelessness
KW - lived experiences
KW - temporal environment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85195220309&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0164212X.2024.2363228
DO - 10.1080/0164212X.2024.2363228
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85195220309
SN - 0164-212X
JO - Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
JF - Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
ER -
