Older people (OP) living at home alone face several health risks. Health professionals are increasingly called upon to contribute to the prevention of these risks. In this article we to develop an analytical framework to look at volition to risk taking in the ordinary everyday activities of OP living at home alone. We conducted a qualitative study to explore how OP think about risk throughout their actions, how risk influences them in their activities and the place they give to risk in the ordinary activities of their daily lives. Twenty participants (twelve women, eight men) living alone at home in French-speaking Switzerland were interviewed using the specific explicitation interview method. Focusing on micro-action sequences, the participants were asked to convey their subjective experiences while performing these actions. Occupational and activity choices seem to always have underlying motivations rooted in a set of values, such as maintaining a sense of control over one’s own existence, competence (perceived self-efficacy), and identity congruence. Risk taking was closely associated with OP’s intimate volition to maintain their own personal trajectory. The way in which OP understand the risks they face in their daily lives and what they do to cope with these risks serves as an analytical tool for studying ageing. We consider that a more detailed understanding of which risks affect or benefit OP, and how, makes a valuable contribution to studies of ageing and to studies into the nature and role of risk in everyday life.

独自在家中的老年人面临着一些健康风险。越来越多地要求卫生专业人员为预防这些风险做出贡献。在本文中，我们将开发一个分析框架，以研究仅在家中生活的OP日常日常活动中承担风险的意愿。我们进行了定性研究，以探讨OP如何在其整个行动中考虑风险，风险如何影响他们的活动以及他们在日常生活中的风险所在。使用特定的显式访谈方法，采访了二十名参与者（十二名女性，八名男性），他们独自一人居住在讲法语的瑞士。关注微动作序列，要求参与者在执行这些动作时传达他们的主观经验。职业和活动选择似乎总是具有根植于一系列价值观的潜在动机，例如保持对自己的存在，能力（感知的自我效能感）和身份认同的控制感。冒险精神与OP保持自己个人轨迹的亲密意愿密切相关。OP了解他们在日常生活中面临的风险的方式以及如何应对这些风险可作为研究老龄化的分析工具。我们认为，对哪些风险会影响或受益于OP以及如何对其进行更详细的了解，对于衰老研究以及对风险在日常生活中的性质和作用的研究做出了宝贵的贡献。能力（感知到的自我效能感）和身份一致性。冒险精神与OP保持自己个人轨迹的亲密意愿密切相关。OP了解他们在日常生活中面临的风险的方式以及如何应对这些风险可作为研究老龄化的分析工具。我们认为，对哪些风险会影响或受益于OP以及如何对其进行更详细的了解，对于衰老研究以及对风险在日常生活中的性质和作用的研究做出了宝贵的贡献。能力（感知到的自我效能感）和身份一致性。冒险精神与OP保持自己个人轨迹的亲密意愿密切相关。OP了解他们在日常生活中面临的风险的方式以及如何应对这些风险可作为研究老龄化的分析工具。我们认为，对哪些风险会影响或受益于OP以及如何对其进行更详细的了解，对于衰老研究以及对风险在日常生活中的性质和作用的研究做出了宝贵的贡献。OP了解他们在日常生活中面临的风险的方式以及如何应对这些风险可作为研究老龄化的分析工具。我们认为，对哪些风险会影响或受益于OP以及如何对其进行更详细的了解，对于衰老研究以及对风险在日常生活中的性质和作用的研究做出了宝贵的贡献。OP了解他们在日常生活中面临的风险的方式以及如何应对这些风险可作为研究老龄化的分析工具。我们认为，对哪些风险会影响或受益于OP以及如何对其进行更详细的了解，对于衰老研究以及对风险在日常生活中的性质和作用的研究做出了宝贵的贡献。