Table 1 Participants’ background
From: How older adults recovering from substance use problems experience mattering
Participanta | Interviewerb | Region | Services received | Current use of substances? | Onset of substance use problems | Way of contact with services | Problematic substances | Available relational communities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M66 | 5 | East | Housing, housing allowance, NAV, organized physical exercise, general practitioner, low threshold offer (meals) | No | Early | Employer made contact | Amphetamine/Alcohol (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
M67 | 4 | East | Housing, contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) in the public sector, earlier: three different institutions, home nursing, | No | Early | Injury/hospitalization | Opioids/Alcohol (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
M77 | 5 | East | NAV, disability pension, | Yes | Early | Lack of income | Alcohol | Family Friends |
M71 | 2 | West | Contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) in the public sector, general practitioner, earlier: institution, NAV Assistive Technology Centre, institution | No | Early | Self-initiated contact | Alcohol/sleeping pills (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
F68 | 5 | East | Housing, Specialized health care (somatic) after injury, AV, Work assistance allowance (AAP), transport service card, general practitioner, physiotherapy, Earlier: six institutions | No | Early | Suicide attempt/hospitalization | Alcohol/Morphine (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
M68 | 2 | West | NAV, Crisis centre for victims of violence and abuse from partner or family, contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) in the public sector, organized physical exercise, earlier: institution | No | Early | Violence in the home (partner) | Alcohol | Family Partner Friend |
M80 | 4 | East | Housing, pension (not specified), outreach service, home nursing, earlier: institution | No | Early | Recommended by family to make contact | Alcohol | Family |
M77 | 1 | Central | Pension (not specified), home nursing, housing, NAV Assistive Technology Centre, general practitioner, geriatric psychologist, Earlier: recovery centre, physiotherapy, | No | Late | Recommended by home nurses to make contact | Alcohol | Family Friends |
M76 | 1 | Central | Pension (not specified), home nursing, NAV Assistive Technology Centre, earlier: institution, general practitioner | Yes | Very late (after 60 years) | Recommended by home nurses to make contact | Alcohol | Family |
F65 | 1 | Central | NAV, contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) in the public sector, earlier: organized physical exercise for chronical illness, follow-up service, centre for mapping and follow‐up | No | Late | Chronic muscular pain lead to hospitalization | Alcohol | Family Friends |
M68 | 1 | Central | Pension (not specified), physiotherapy, home nursing, earlier: institution (specialized health care), | No | Late | Friend assisted in making contact | Alcohol | Friends |
F68 | 1 | Central | Housing, contractual early retirement pension scheme (AFP) in the public sector, earlier: institution, | No | Early | General practitioner made contact | Alcohol | Family Friends |
F73 | 4 | East | Pension (not specified), organized physical exercise, general practitioner, short-term specialized treatment of alcohol addiction, earlier: institution (twice), home nursing | Yes | Late (20 years) | Injury (fall)/hospitalization | Alcohol | Family Friends |
M76 | 4 | East | Pension (not specified), non-governmental organization for persons with alcohol dependence (Norske lenker), nursing home, physiotherapy, social worker, earlier: institution | No | Early | Injury (fall)/hospitalization | Alcohol | Family Friends |
F66 | 4 | East | Housing (municipality), psychologist, home nursing, disability benefits, drug-assisted treatment, interdisciplinary team meetings Flexible Assertive Community Treatment, NAV (economic manager), general practitioner, transport service card, earlier: institution psychiatric/substance use | No | Early: Medicine, Late: Heroin (40 years old) | Death of husband who was co-addict | Medicine, heroin, amphetamine (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
M66 | 5 | East | Housing, disability benefits, drug-assisted treatment, NAV, general practitioner, earlier: institutions | No (methadone) | Early | Personal contact at NAV made contact | Heroin | |
M69 (E17) | 5 | East | Pension (not specified), NAV (management of economy), department of mental health, general practitioner, interdisciplinary team meetings home nursing, earlier: institution, cancer nurse, | No | Early (not specified, but had problems in working age) | Self-initiated contact with hospital due to suicide ideation | Alcohol | |
M69 (E18) | 5 | East | Housing, drug-assisted treatment, general practitioner, old-age pension, polyclinic treatment for persons with substance use problems where alcohol is the only or dominant problematic substance, low-threshold health and care offer for those with substance use problems, social worker, interdisciplinary team, earlier: psychologist, institution | No | Early | Quit work to become clean (self-sufficient), made contact due to starvation | Heroin, alcohol, amphetamine (Polysubstance use) | Family |
M69 (C19) | 1 | Central | Housing, home nursing, social worker, centre for mapping and follow‐up,, district psychiatric centre, earlier: institutions | No | Early | Made contact due to suicide ideation | Alcohol, medicine (Polysubstance use) | Family |
M70 (C20) | 1 | Central | Nursing home, pension (not specified), NAV (economic management), general practitioner, social worker, earlier: institutions (detoxification/substance use treatment) | No | Early | General practitioner referred to hospital (acute) | Alcohol | Family Friends |
F70 (C21) | 1 | Central | Home nursing, pension (not specified), psychiatric nurse, general practitioner, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, primary contact (at department of health and welfare), earlier: follow-up service | No | Late (40 years old) | Hospital made contact after operation | Medicine, alcohol (Polysubstance use) | Family Friends |
F73 (C22) | 3 | Central | Old age pension, organized physical exercise, physiotherapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, general practitioner, home nursing, earlier: institution | No | Very late | After hospitalization (acute) | Alcohol | Family |
M72 (C23) | 1 | Central | Old age pension, daily social offer including physical exercise (9–14), geriatric care, general practitioner, home nursing, earlier: institution (detox) | No | Early | Alcohol | Family Friends |