An Overview of Social Participation in Older Adults: Concepts and Assessments

Hashidate, Hiroyuki; Shimada, Hiroyuki; Fujisawa, Yuhki; Yatsunami, Mitsunobu

doi:10.1298/ptr.r0013

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“…Leisure activities encourage older persons to interact with family, neighbours, friends, and the community [39]. While other studies have demonstrated that leisure activities provide benefits for older people's life satisfaction and happiness [2], [14]. Last but not least is job-related activities that are participated by older persons as their passions and interests such as writing books, guiding the tourists to different destinations and others.…”

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Promoting Sustainable Cities and Communities for Older Persons through Understanding their Preferable Social Activities

Aziz

Ahmad

Mustapha

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Malaysia is on track to become an aged nation by 2030, with older people accounting for 15% of the total population. Changes in a country’s demographic composition of older people have a significant socioeconomic impact, given that medical and long-term care services account for the majority of government spending. Promoting an active and healthy lifestyle among older people has become critical to their ability to live independently. Social participation among older persons is one way to encourage active ageing. The purpose of this study was to learn more about older people’s preferred social activities to better understand their preferences to promote sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11). A qualitative research approach was used in the study by using a semi-structured interview with a total of 41 older persons. Three states including Penang, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur were selected as the main location to reach the targeted participants in the study. All the older participants were selected based on the inclusion criteria including; (1) older persons aged 60 years and above; (2) older persons who participated in the social activities; (3) activities centres located at three urban areas including Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. The findings of the study found five (5) types of preferred activities among older persons: (1) Leisure learning activities; (2) Religious activities; (3) Community-related activities; (4) Home-based activities; and (5) Job-related activities. In conclusion, there is an apparent need to provide aged–friendly areas and create a good built environment to assist the older persons, in keeping with the national agenda to achieve aged nation status and achieve the SDGs.

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Promoting Sustainable Cities and Communities for Older Persons through Understanding their Preferable Social Activities

Aziz

Ahmad

Mustapha

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Social participation is a contributing factor to healthy aging. It refers to a pattern of behavior in which participants realize their own values in the process of social interaction in the form of social work or social activities ( 10 ). As per the theory of the older adult subcultural group, the older adult fulfill their inner psychological needs in the process of social participation and promote communication among them.…”

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The impact of social participation on Subjective Wellbeing in the older adult: the mediating role of anxiety and the moderating role of education

Qing,

Wu,

Gao

2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe study aims to examine the mediating role of anxiety in the relationship between social participation and Subjective Wellbeing among Chinese older adults. Additionally, it investigates the moderating ed of education in this relationship.MethodsThe data came from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) published by peking University, with a sample size of 10,626 individuals aged 60 years and above. SPSS 21.0 was used for the statistical analysis of the data, and Mplus 8.0 was used for the statistical processing of the mediating and moderating effects analysis.Results(1) The social participation significantly and positively predicated Subjective Wellbeing; (2) Anxiety partially mediated the eect between social participation and Subjective Wellbeing. The mediating eect value was 0.103; (3) Education plays a moderating role in the impact of social participation on subjective Wellbeing.DiscussionIn summary, social participation can reduce the anxiety and enhance their Subjective Wellbeing. Meanwhile, the eet of social participation on Subjective Wellbeing was the greatest for the older adult with high education. The findings suggest that community-led activities can be initiated to improve social participation in the older adult. Furthermore, educational courses could be to support the healthy aging of older adults in China.

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“…Beyond these challenges, for the influence of the environment to be positive in old age, it is necessary the urban space to be able to respond to the changing needs of older people and not become an impediment to their social participation, as this is a key component of health promotion [ 70 ]. When this does not occur, it not only diminishes intergenerational contact and its benefits, but it also limits the creativity of society [ 71 ] and threatens the integration of the elderly, thus increasing their risk of isolation as we have seen above.…”

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The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

Lebrusán

Gomez

2022

IJERPH

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As academic literature has shown, there is a preference among older adults to experience old age independently, in their own homes, giving shape to what has been called ageing in place. This phenomenon links residence, life cycle, and the experience of old age. Although it depends on many factors (housing characteristics, the elderly’s economy, or their social support, among others) it is based on place attachment as a key aspect, which comprises two different but interwoven dimensions: the home (private space) and the neighbourhood (social space), understood as an extended sphere of the home. Despite its importance, and beyond the consensus that the time spent in a place increases attachment to it, the processes whereby place attachment is constructed by the elderly and the role of the experience of neighbourhood are little known. This article intended to delve into the meaning of place attachment, its importance, and how it is built by the elderly population in urban areas. For this purpose, a qualitative study was conducted in Spain, selecting Madrid (the biggest city in the country) as a case study of how place attachment is shaped in an urban setting. To obtain in-depth information, data were collected through ethnographic interviews with 37 people aged 65–95 and 1 focus group among elderly aged 65–71. The most relevant finding of the qualitative analysis is the emotional significance of attachment to the local space as an element that enables continuity—as opposed to the rupture to which we associate old age- in the experience of the life cycle of the elderly. It should be noted that some of the results are conditioned by the specificities of Spanish society, particularly with regard to family ties. Potential extrapolations to other realities should take this point into account.

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An Overview of Social Participation in Older Adults: Concepts and Assessments

Cited by 14 publications

References 80 publications

Promoting Sustainable Cities and Communities for Older Persons through Understanding their Preferable Social Activities

Promoting Sustainable Cities and Communities for Older Persons through Understanding their Preferable Social Activities

The impact of social participation on Subjective Wellbeing in the older adult: the mediating role of anxiety and the moderating role of education

The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

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