Delaktighet i vardagsysslor : En kvalitativ studie om personer med lindrig utvecklingsstörning på ett gruppboende

Sammanfattning: The purpose was to describe the significance of participation concerning leisure time and household duties for persons with mild intellectual disability living in a group home with some support from caretakers. Interviews were performed with five persons, two men and three women, living in such a group home. The questions in the interview guide had an open character and were divided into four different areas, leisure time, economy, cooking, cleaning and laundry. The results indicate that all informants felt they participated in all four areas. Further on, the results show there was participation of three different kinds. Firstly, there was full participation concerning leisure time. Secondly, there was “participation with help”. The informants felt they had full participation, though they received support to manage dealing with their own money. Thirdly, there was less participation concerning cooking, cleaning and laundry. The informants did not have to do such things. The caretakers did it for them. The informants had the opportunity, they also had the capacity, but they seemed to be influenced by caretakers not to want, or need, to do it. It was a so-called constructed helplessness.