Meaningful Activity in Older Adults: Being in Flow

Myllykangas, Susan A.; Foose, Alice K.; Gosselink, Carol A.; Gaede, Diane

doi:10.1080/04419057.2002.9674276

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“…In terms of preferred leisure activities, the type of leisure activity in question does not seem to play the most important role in shaping preferences for one activity or another; rather, the meaning associated with the leisure activity in question appears to serve this function. This finding appears to be consistent with the conclusions of other studies focusing on older people beyond the context of long-term care (Myllykangas et al, 2002). An explanation for this finding might lie in the fact that the participants reported that their primary preferred leisure activities are strongly associated with and shaped by biographical events and do not change throughout the course of their lives.…”

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“This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…”: The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services

Rommerskirch-Manietta,

Manietta,

Purwins

et al. 2023

Res Aging

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Currently it is unknown what people receiving adult day services (ADS) understand as leisure and the activities they prefer remain unknown. To address these gaps, we investigated the understanding of leisure of people receiving ADS. We conducted semistructured interviews with 15 people receiving ADS in Germany. Interviews were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The sweet bitter symphony emphasizes the sensations that shape participant’s understanding of leisure. Young, wild & free! describes the types of preferred activities. Is this our last tango? refers to the barriers. Anchors aweigh! the [ongoing] voyage describes the process by which leisure is transferred from private domain to the ADS environment. The beginning is the end is the beginning illustrates the paradox of understanding the ADS as offering a form of leisure and the adaptation to engage in nonpreference-based activities. Our findings indicate the importance in offering leisure activities that enable preference-based engagement in the ADS.

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“This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…”: The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services

Rommerskirch-Manietta,

Manietta,

Purwins

et al. 2023

Res Aging

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“…The Chen (2010) study was conducted in Taiwan and so our different findings may reflect cultural differences in how elderly care home residents are cared for, or methodological differences between studies for example including residents of different ages and physical ability. This may be an interesting avenue of further research in care homes, as building on personal goals has been found to be a facilitator of both physical behaviour change and meaningful activity for older adults (Floegel et al, 2016;Myllykangas, Gosselink, Foose, & Gaede, 2002). In the current study, care staff sometimes perceived residents as inactive and not wanting to engage in physical activity.…”

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A qualitative interview study comparing and contrasting resident and staff perspectives of engaging in meaningful activity in a UK care home

Clarke

Smith

Wood

et al. 2019

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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The provision of meaningful activities in care homes is essential for maintaining residents' mental and physical health, yet many do not get adequate opportunities to participate. This qualitative study explored resident and staff perceptions of engaging in meaningful activities in a residential care home for older people (aged over 65 years) in South London, UK. Nine residents and eleven staff members were recruited and their experiences explored through semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed thematically, and three themes emerged. (1) Appreciation of activity: both staff and residents were aware of the benefits of activity to physical and mental health, yet there was a lack of provision within the home. (2) Residents' desire for engagement: residents perceived themselves as active individuals who had previously enjoyed activities, and had goals that they wanted to achieve. This was in contrast to views of care staff, who perceived residents as inactive, lacking in motivation and sedentary

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“… 52 More generally, Myllykangas et al found that supporting older adults to set a goal and participate more in recreation and other activities of their choice increased their flow state. 53 In conclusion, we suggest practitioners considering how older adults, particularly those residing in nursing homes for a considerable length of time, can match the level of challenge and skills needed for the activity to help them experience flow when they feel lonely.…”

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Relationships of leisure social support and flow with loneliness among nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: An age-based moderating model

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Identifying predictors of loneliness is important to develop interventions that help older adults residing in nursing homes reduce their loneliness, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we examined whether leisure social support and flow (also identified as optimal experience) were predictive of loneliness, and whether age moderated the relationship between flow and loneliness. In total, 235 nursing home residents, aged 65 years or older, participated in our study. We conducted in-person surveys to measure their age, leisure social support, flow, and loneliness as well as used multiple linear regression analysis to analyze data. Results indicated that high levels of leisure social support and flow predicted low levels of loneliness. However, age decreased the negative relationship between flow and loneliness. We discuss implications of these results in terms of reducing loneliness, without depending highly on the presence of others, during times of social isolation associated with responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Meaningful Activity in Older Adults: Being in Flow

Cited by 13 publications

References 26 publications

“This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…”: The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services

“This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…”: The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services

A qualitative interview study comparing and contrasting resident and staff perspectives of engaging in meaningful activity in a UK care home

Relationships of leisure social support and flow with loneliness among nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: An age-based moderating model

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