The home as enabler of more active lifestyles among older people
The home as enabler of more active lifestyles among older people
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DOI：
10.1080/09613218.2015.1045702
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发表时间：
2015-09-03
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Thompson, Catharine Ward
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作者：
Brookfield, Katherine;Fitzsimons, Claire;Thompson, Catharine Ward
不活动的生活方式对健康有负面影响，而久坐（坐着和躺着）的时间与发病率和过早死亡有关。老年人往往是最久坐不动的人群。这种行为大多可以在家里进行，这群人可以长时间呆在家里。老年人的身体活动率尤其低。即使是家庭体育活动也可能对这一群体有益，尽管它们可能占老年人全部活动的很大一部分。尽管如此，家庭在老年人活动和久坐行为中的作用似乎还没有得到充分的研究。通过对22名老年人（健康志愿者、中风幸存者和痴呆症患者）的访谈和焦点小组数据，本文开始解决这一问题。帮助或阻碍更活跃、更少久坐的生活方式的家庭方面被认为是在这方面讨论的三个表现出特殊能力的方面：台阶、家庭内部空间、设施的位置和形式、固定装置和配件。确定了健康状况在构建这种能力方面所起的关键作用。简单的设计建议，旨在支持老年人在家里过更积极的生活，提出。
Inactive lifestyles have negative health consequences, while time spent sedentary (sitting and lying) is related to morbidity and premature mortality. Older adults often form the most sedentary segment of the population. Much of this behaviour may be practised at home where this group can spend extended periods. Physical activity rates among older adults are particularly low. Even household physical activities can be beneficial for this group, while they can constitute much of an older person's total activity. Despite this context, the home's role in the active and sedentary behaviours of the older population appears critically understudied. Using interview and focus group data collected from 22 older adults (healthy volunteers, stroke survivors and people with dementia), this paper begins to address this issue. Aspects of the home that aid or impede a more active, less sedentary lifestyle are identified with three presenting particular capacity in this respect discussed: steps, space within the home, and the location and form of facilities, fixtures and fittings. The crucial role health status plays in structuring this capacity is identified. Simple design recommendations, devised to support older people to lead more active lives at home, are presented.