The secrets of highly active older adults

Neighbourhood perceptions and older adults’ wellbeing: Does walking explain the relationship in deprived urban communities?

“…Our research project has previously examined the relationships between physical activity and wellbeing [reference removed for peer review], neighbourhood environment and walking behaviour [reference removed for peer review] and the neighbourhood environment and wellbeing [reference removed for peer review] in adults of all ages. Other studies have explored the relationship between the physical and social environment and walking (Franke et al, 2013;McCormack et al, 2014;Ogilvie et al, 2008;Van Cauwenberg et al, 2011) and between walking and mental wellbeing (Cerin et al, 2009). Ogilvie et al (2008) studied the same deprived urban context as featured in this study, and we extend that study by examining wellbeing outcomes from the environment and walking.…”

Experiences of the Built Environment, Falls and Fear of Falling Outdoors among Older Adults: An Exploratory Study and Future Directions

“…There is increasing evidence of relationships between the quality of the urban environment, walking behaviours, and physical and mental health and wellbeing outcomes [31,32]. Some research focuses specifically on older adults, seeking to identify environmental features that can support or discourage walking related physical activity [33]. The role of the environment in contributing to fear of falling warrants further attention.…”

Exploring Factors Associated With Physical Activity in Older Adults: An Ecological Approach

“…Measures of the perceived physical environment would be a further useful inclusion given that factors such as perceived safety and aesthetics can influence participation in physical activity(Barnett et al, 2017).Future studies could thus expand on the contribution of the present work by including both perceived and objective measures of environmental attributes. Finally, other social factors that have been shown to influence physical activity in older adults, such as social engagement and the presence of a variety of social networks(Franke, Tong, Ashe, McKay, & Sims- Gould, 2013;Litwin, 2012), were not assessed. Future research should therefore also include these additional social factors to provide a more complete assessment of the relevance of the social context within an ecological framework.…”