Neighbourhood Supports for Active Ageing in Urban India

Adlakha, Deepti; Krishna, Murali; Woolrych, Ryan; Ellis, Geraint

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“…In India, the share of the older population is expected to be 20 percent from 8 percent in 2015 to 2050 (UNFPA, 2017). However, this shift presents the advanced need for more proper planning and strategies for present and upcoming problems related to healthy aging (Adlakha et al, 2020).…”

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Assessing the Adequacy of Health Facilities for the Aging Population in Indian Cities

Anil Kumar,

Sarif,

Barman

2024

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Objectives: The healthcare system in India is struggling to meet the needs of the current population, and the rising aging population is likely to exacerbate this problem. Therefore, this study tried to investigate the distribution of the older population's access to improved health facilities in Indian cities. Methods: The study uses data from the 2011 Census of India, which is the latest census round. An index was developed to understand the available health facilities, and a geospatial approach was adopted to understand the aging pattern and access to health facilities across Indian cities. Results: Despite similar aging scenarios, health infrastructure was not equally distributed across cities. The study revealed that advanced health facilities were more concentrated in specific pockets, particularly in metropolitan cities, while smaller cities lacked good health facilities and were not easily accessible. Discussion: The results highlight the infrastructure gap in Indian cities, which poses a significant challenge in achieving healthy aging.

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Assessing the Adequacy of Health Facilities for the Aging Population in Indian Cities

Anil Kumar,

Sarif,

Barman

2024

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“…Here, ageing-in-place is dependent on older adults having the place-based supports for social participation, mobility and active living (Sixsmith et al , 2014). However, the design of urban environments often discourages active ageing, putting older adults at risk of insecurity, isolation and loneliness (Scharf and Smith, 2005; Buffel et al , 2012; Adlakha et al , 2020). Enabling older adults to participate in communities in old age is fundamental to a sense of fulfilment, engagement and citizenship; underpinning principles of social justice within the city (Woolrych et al , 2021).…”

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‘You really do become invisible’: examining older adults’ right to the city in the United Kingdom

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A global ageing population presents opportunities and challenges to designing urban environments that support ageing in place. The World Health Organization's Global Age-Friendly Cities movement has identified the need to develop communities that optimise health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. Ensuring that age-friendly urban environments create the conditions for active ageing requires cities and communities to support older adults’ rights to access and move around the city (‘appropriation’) and for them to be actively involved in the transformation (‘making and remaking’) of the city. These opportunities raise important questions: What are older adults’ everyday experiences in exercising their rights to the city? What are the challenges and opportunities in supporting a rights to the city approach? How can the delivery of age-friendly cities support rights to the city for older adults? This paper aims to respond to these questions by examining the lived experiences of older adults across three cities and nine neighbourhoods in the United Kingdom. Drawing on 104 semi-structured interviews with older adults between the ages of 51 and 94, the discussion centres on the themes of: right to use urban space; respect and visibility; and the right to participate in planning and decision-making. These themes are illustrated as areas in which older adults’ rights to access and shape urban environments need to be addressed, along with recommendations for age-friendly cities that support a rights-based approach.

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“…Além da OMS, muito autores avaliam diversos aspectos que podem contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade de vida das pessoas da terceira idade: a cidade como um todo (ADLAKHA et al, 2020;WOOLRYCH et al, 2020;HE;CHAKRABARTI;CHEUNG, 2020;JELOKHANI-NIARAKI;HAJILOO;SAMANY, 2019;AMOAH et al, 2019;VIDOVIĆOVÁ, 2018;EMIRHAFIZOVIĆ;ŠADIĆ, 2018;PHILLIPS;WONG, 2018;BOZDAĞ et al, 2017;BUFFEL;PHILLIPSON;SKYRME, 2017;STROHMEIER, 2016;MORRIS, 2015); apenas um determinado bairro, aquele de moradia do idoso (BHUYAN et al, 2020;WOOLRYCH et al, 2020;MAKITA et al, 2020;THISSEN;FORTUIJN, 2020;IAMTRAKUL;CHAYPHONG;KLAYLEE, 2019;KURIAN et al, 2019;AKSOY;KORKMAZ-YAYLAGUL, 2019;DOMÍNGUEZ-PÁRRAGA, 2019;LOO et al, 2017;CHO;KIM, 2016); outros fatores, como a habitação do idoso (HUI et al, 2014;AGNELLI, 2012;TOMÉ;MÁSCULO, 2006;MUSTAQUIM, 2015).…”

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“…O questionário, como técnica de investigação, é utilizado para coleta de dados em cidades, bairros e espaços públicos. A amostra para cidades é de 55 a 366 indivíduos na faixa etária entre 60 e 80 anos, em bairros de 515 e 688 indivíduos na faixa etária mínima entre 55 e 65 anos, quanto ao corte por limite de idade superior não foi encontrado uma idade (BOZDAĞ et al 2017;PHILLIPS;WONG, 2018;ADLAKHA et al, 2020) e em espaços públicos os artigos não especificam a quantidade de indivíduos e a faixa etária (KOLAY, 2020). O artigo que utiliza a técnica de diário de mobilidade tem a participação de 8 idosos, com idade superior a 65 anos (STROHMEIER, 2016).…”

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“…Aspectos que compõe a estrutura física das cidades avaliam: i) mobilidade (SUN et al, 2020;ADLAKHA et al, 2020;WOOLRYCH et al, 2020;MAKITA et al, 2020;HE;CHAKRABARTI;CHEUNG, 2020;KOLAY, 2020;JELOKHANI-NIARAKI;HAJILOO;SAMANY, 2019;IAMTRAKUL;CHAYPHONG;KLAYLEE, 2019;HARTT;BIGLIERI, 2017;EMIRHAFIZOVIĆ;ŠADIĆ, 2018;LOO et al, 2017;BOZDAĞ et al, 2017;CHO;KIM, 2016;MINNIGALEEVA, 2015), ii) o transporte (JELOKHANI-NIARAKI; HAJILOO; SAMANY, 2019; AKSOY; KORKMAZ-YAYLAGUL, 2019;VIDOVIĆOVÁ, 2018;EMIRHAFIZOVIĆ;ŠADIĆ, 2018;PHILLIPS;WONG, 2018;LEE;KIM, 2017;BOZDAĞ et al, 2017;BUFFEL;PHILLIPSON;SKYRME, 2017), iii) espaços externos e edifícios (BHUYAN et al, 2020;ADLAKHA et al, 2020;MAKITA et al, 2020;AKSOY;KORKMAZ-YAYLAGUL, 2019;VIDOVIĆOVÁ, 2018;EMIRHAFIZOVIĆ;ŠADIĆ, 2018;PHILLIPS;…”

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Age-Friendly Cities: A Systematic Review

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Population aging is one of the most significant demographic transformations of the 21st century, since aging brings about changes in the functional capacity of the human being. Over the years, the level of independence and autonomy for carrying out daily activities diminishes, and, thereby, the relationship of the elderly with the environment changes as the person ages, directly affecting the mobility and life quality of this population. In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the document "Global age-friendly cities: A guide", which presents some strategies for promoting active aging and for the place of residence of the elderly. It proposes that the city´s structure and the public policies directed towards this public shall be integrated with the community´s life. In order to understand how the concept of an age-friendly city has been applied to evaluate cities in different countries, a systematic review was carried out in the Scopus database, based on articles published between 2015 and 2021. The analysis of 38 articles has made it possible to identify that the study field of the quality of the urban environment for the elderly population is new, calling for deeper studies, which includes the development of more adequate methods for evaluating this profile in the cities. The articles analyzed deal with the concept in different ways, but one of the main similarities is related to the use of the method of data collection through interviews and, in spite of using the tool indicated in the document, none applied the methodology proposed by the WHO.

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Neighbourhood Supports for Active Ageing in Urban India

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Assessing the Adequacy of Health Facilities for the Aging Population in Indian Cities

Assessing the Adequacy of Health Facilities for the Aging Population in Indian Cities

‘You really do become invisible’: examining older adults’ right to the city in the United Kingdom

Age-Friendly Cities: A Systematic Review

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