Leisure: Scenario – Mr McGuire

Introduction

Most people will focus their lives around three main areas of daily living including self care, work and family and leisure activities.  Preferences and capacity available for each activity of daily living (ADL) will vary for each individual and can alter over time, for example, if a person retires from work then the capacity for more leisure pursuits may increase.

Leisure is ‘an activity chosen primarily for its own sake after the practical necessities of life have been attended to’ (1)

Studies have demonstrated that people have difficulty participating in leisure activities following stroke (2)

and that ‘Restrictions in social and leisure activity can have negative consequences for the health and well being of stroke survivors’ (3).

References:

1. Drummond A leisure activity after stroke Int Disabil studies 1991; 12: 157-160.
2. Schnitzler A et al. Participation in work and leisure activities after stroke: A National study. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine 62 (2019) 351-355.
3. Norlander A et al (2016) Long term predictors of Social and Leisure Activity 10 years after stroke. PLoS ONE 11(2):e0149395 doi10.1371/journal.pone.0149395

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