Purpose: This study aimed to describe community-dwelling older adults' perceptions of health and well-being in life after retirement.
Methods: This study is part of a larger project using a mixed-methods design to address lifestyles' influence on community-dwelling older adults' health. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 older adults in age 70 to 95 years. Data were analysed according to a phenomenographic approach.
Results: The results encompass four categories describing variations in community-dwelling older adults' perceptions of health and well-being after retirement: , and
Conclusions: The absence of illness and disease is not a clear prerequisite for a sense of health and well-being. To promote and preserve health and well-being after retirement, older adults strived for-and coached themselves to uphold-a balance in life, focusing on not burdening others. This life orientation after retirement must be acknowledged by society at large, especially from an ageist perspective, and in health and social care to preserve and promote health and well-being.
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