Being involved in the country: Productive ageing in different types of rural communities

Davis, Sandra; Crothers, Natalie; Grant, J. K.; Young, Sari; Smith, Karly

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.008

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“…Apart from volunteering, the interviewees stress that their priorities are leisure, travel, time for themselves and for their partners, as well as caring for grandchildren. In contrast to the findings of Davis et al (), informal neighbourhood support plays only a minor role for most of the interviewees, a fact which may be partly explained by the sample composition and the dominant everyday routines of highly educated senior citizens therein (the ‘multiply engaged key players’), for whom the place of residence is only one of several spatial foci. Moreover, none of the retired interviewees engages in time‐consuming work for additional earnings, unlike mentioned by Fortuijn and van der Meer () and Kaskie et al ().…”

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“…However, contrasting hypotheses about the effect of the changing cohort exist: whilst Butler and Eckart () cite empirical evidence of baby‐boomers’ reduced involvement, Davis et al . () emphasise their strong desire to remain actively involved after leaving professional life. Walker et al .…”

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Potential and Impediments to Senior Citizens’ Volunteering to Maintain Basic Services in Shrinking Regions

Mettenberger

Küpper

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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Against the background of demographic change and municipal austerity, policy‐makers are evoking the crucial role that younger retirees could play in supplementing the provision of basic services through volunteering. This article ties into this discussion, critically questioning the potential of (younger) senior citizens’ volunteering as a way of maintaining basic services in shrinking regions. Qualitative interviews from two regional case studies in rural Germany provide insights into the motivations, forms and contexts of such volunteering. The empirical results show that the potential for basic service provision is limited. Key players engaged in multiple activities and more‐passive types of contact‐seekers have little interest in taking on further tasks. Traditional basic services do not fit in with the interests of potential volunteers, and time budgets are constrained by alternative activities and commitments. Furthermore, volunteering is hampered by very basic structural conditions of peripheral rural life. Overall, our results reflect the heterogeneity and diversity of (older) rural milieus and lifestyles, and challenge persistent scientific perceptions of rural and, especially, village populations as place‐based closely knit communities.

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Potential and Impediments to Senior Citizens’ Volunteering to Maintain Basic Services in Shrinking Regions

Mettenberger

Küpper

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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“…The persons interviewed in this study also spoke frequently about their "activeness" in aging within their new community settings, holding fast to cultural scripts of productive aging. The talk of being enmeshed in these new settings in a familiar rural backdrop may suggest an attempt to maintain community connectedness or connectedness to place (Davis, Crothers, Grant, Young & Smith 2012). But, for this group, a unique feature is that sense of place is not necessarily solely tied to a particular, individual "home" or house but a general sense of an area or local community in the broader sense.…”

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Aging in rural communities: Older persons’ narratives of relocating in place to maintain rural identity

Weil¹

2017

Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy

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“…Davis et al (2012) found it was important to maintain health systems to ensure healthy individuals and communities. MacKendick and Parkins (2004) found in their study in rural British Columbia that there were many elements necessary for rural wellbeing, for example, the community's ability to maintain a healthy and thriving economy, society and environment.…”

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Communities of knowledge and knowledge of communities: An appreciative inquiry into rural wellbeing

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MacMichael

2014

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An appreciative inquiry into rural wellbeingThis article is an examination of the suitability of appreciative inquiry (AI) as an approach to investigate rural wellbeing. It endeavours also to reveal attributes of AI that are conducive to bolstering community and university partnerships. A team of researchers and community members designed a research study to explore elements of community life that contributed to rural wellbeing from the perspective of the community. The team became an ad hoc inquiry group that discussed and established the details of the study, including who, where, when and why. The researchers facilitated the study logistics, while the community members became aids in establishing the meeting location, ordering refreshments and encouraging participation. The members of the inquiry group also became participants in the study.

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Being involved in the country: Productive ageing in different types of rural communities

Cited by 61 publications

References 9 publications

Potential and Impediments to Senior Citizens’ Volunteering to Maintain Basic Services in Shrinking Regions

Potential and Impediments to Senior Citizens’ Volunteering to Maintain Basic Services in Shrinking Regions

Aging in rural communities: Older persons’ narratives of relocating in place to maintain rural identity

Communities of knowledge and knowledge of communities: An appreciative inquiry into rural wellbeing

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