TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION

The world’s population is ageing and older people may be exposed to traumatic experiences during their lifetime. Symptoms are often regarded as part of the ageing process and not treated as trauma. Little is known about eye movement integration (EMI) as intervention for symptoms of trauma in older p...

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Autores principales: Andrea Visagie, Annaline Keet
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba23a563b7c0453c9a54a51998b64f4e2021-12-01T12:53:47ZTRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION10.15270/57-3-9502312-7198https://doaj.org/article/ba23a563b7c0453c9a54a51998b64f4e2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/950https://doaj.org/toc/2312-7198The world’s population is ageing and older people may be exposed to traumatic experiences during their lifetime. Symptoms are often regarded as part of the ageing process and not treated as trauma. Little is known about eye movement integration (EMI) as intervention for symptoms of trauma in older people. This article reports on older people’s experience of EMI as an intervention for their symptoms of trauma. The qualitative study employed an exploratory-descriptive research design with a purposive sampling method. Participants considered EMI as positive and beneficial. Suggestions are made to improve EMI when working with older people.Andrea VisagieAnnaline KeetStellenbosch Universityarticleageageingeye movement integration (emi)older personpost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)traumaSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyHV1-9960AFENSocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk, Vol 57, Iss 3, Pp 320-335 (2021)
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language AF
EN
topic age
ageing
eye movement integration (emi)
older person
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
trauma
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV1-9960
spellingShingle age
ageing
eye movement integration (emi)
older person
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
trauma
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV1-9960
Andrea Visagie
Annaline Keet
TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
description The world’s population is ageing and older people may be exposed to traumatic experiences during their lifetime. Symptoms are often regarded as part of the ageing process and not treated as trauma. Little is known about eye movement integration (EMI) as intervention for symptoms of trauma in older people. This article reports on older people’s experience of EMI as an intervention for their symptoms of trauma. The qualitative study employed an exploratory-descriptive research design with a purposive sampling method. Participants considered EMI as positive and beneficial. Suggestions are made to improve EMI when working with older people.
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author Andrea Visagie
Annaline Keet
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title TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
title_short TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
title_full TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
title_fullStr TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
title_full_unstemmed TRAUMATISED OLDER PERSONS’ EXPERIENCES OF EYE MOVEMENT INTEGRATION AS TRAUMA INTERVENTION
title_sort traumatised older persons’ experiences of eye movement integration as trauma intervention
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