Themes and Subthemes | Sample Quotes |
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Theme 1: Unique Features of Primary Care | |
Trust and feeling safe with staff and institution | (P#11, age 61) “I trust this setting. I trust the people [staff] here.” OT #3) “there was a sense of trust; trust came up a lot for people that it felt kind of safe...” |
Collaborative team-based care | OT #2) “it’s beneficial to have a connection to family physicians, other members of the team, and being able to provide care in a way that there is more collaboration and more team communication between the team members … “ |
Theme 2: Satisfaction and Perceived Benefits | |
Mental health benefits | (P#21, age 60), “seeing benefits in my state of relaxation and reactions to daily issues.” (P#16, age 68), “I found it was calming … makes me feel emotionally better.” (P#18, age 61), “There has been a change in my mental karma, it is now more peaceful.” |
Social Support | (P#2, age 82) “.. we end up caring about each other and taking care of each other...” (OT #3), “I think the group alone provided a sense of social support, and community for people” |
Personal insights on self-care | OT #1) “across the board for most people was this realization of the need for self-kindness, self-care...” |
Responding differently versus reacting | (P#7, age 79), “I’m not following my former habits. I’m sick of falling into that hole... Quicker recovery. Less ruminating.” |
Adoption mindfulness practice to day-to-day activities | (P#16, age 68), “I find it easier to do [breathing] whenever I am waiting for someone or something”. (P#27, age 60), “I loved the walking one. I never thought about walking being as complex and difficult as it is.” |
An alternative to medication(s) | (P#27, age 60), “I think eventually this will make some of my other pills go away.” |
More than memory, other benefits | (P#11, age 61), “..This class teaches you more than memory. This is kind of like a change … on how to live your life. And it came for me in a very opportune time.” |
Theme 3: Connecting to the World | |
Acceptability of technology | (P#16, age 68), “I’m not afraid of technology.” (P#23, age 74), “I am grateful for the opportunity to learn to use the iPad.” (P#11, age 61), “I think seniors are natural to technology actually.” |
Portability of technology | (P#27, age 60), “I found that it was so portable … “ OT #2) “It’s portable- this particular size of the device … [and] … very accessible at the touch of a button.” |
Minimum barriers around technology | (P#23, age 74), “I was away up in a trailer for a while. And you know the CDs were helpful there, cause I didn’t have the Wi-Fi.” |
The importance of support in place for technology | (P#2, age 82), “But there was also help – I had – a problem.. and it got fixed – you had a problem, and it got fixed. Mine got stuck in a place where I couldn’t figure it out. Well, actually a couple of times I had to call up [PI] and say, ‘What’s going on?’“ (P#23, age 74), “I don’t use that much technology, so using the iPad was new for me. And I had some difficulties at the beginning..” (OT #2), “a lot of questions- they were very simple questions … it was pretty much just how to use the app or how to log into the internet.” |