”ha någonting att göra på dagarna, det sociala liksom” En kvalitativ studie om träfflokalen ur ett brukarperspektiv

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study has been to examine if the participation within a social psychiatric day care is to be helpful for the participants. The aim was to find out if the day care has been helpful, what kind of support has been helpful and what have the participants been helped with. This has been researched from the participators view by conducting qualitative interviews. The data was analyzed by using thematic analysis. Antonovsky’s theory, Sense of Coherence was used as theoretical instrument to understand the collection of data. The main findings of this study indicate that occupations aimed for social purpose is important for the participators. In the study social support and the social interaction between staff and other participators appears to be the most important findings. Another important finding was the lack of research within the field of studies regarding social occupations such as day care.