I'm considering using this instrument, or creating an adaptive version of it, for a future research project engaging older adults in continuing care retirement communities. Curious to learn about other scholars' experiences using this tool for amplifying the voices of people in health research.
Can write me more about your future project? Our institute has a bachelor degree course in Educational Care for Senior Citizens and my topic is leisure time of senior citizens.
Sincerely Mgr. Kamil Janiš, Ph.D.
Sounds very interesting, I'm curious to hear about others' experiences as well. Have you looking into research on wellbeing, which may have something more current?
Kamil, my project focuses specifically on how adults living in retirement care communities use resources at those communities--including social, instrumental, and clinical resources--to cultivate well-being. What they do in their leisure time will certainly be included in that assessment.
A.S., I actually got the idea to look into the Lehman interview tool from Ann Bowling's 2005 book Measuring Health. There are definitely other more recent tools for assessing QoL, but what interests me about the Lehman tool is the potential it offers for more robust social engagement of participants. If I do use it for my project I will probably adapt it somewhat, as another research team did in the 2000s for assessment of QoL in people with severe mental health challenges.
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