Older people and social connectedness: how place and activities keep people engaged.
Older people and social connectedness: how place and activities keep people engaged.
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老年人和社会联系：场所和活动如何让人们参与其中。
DOI：
10.1155/2012/139523
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Barker,JudithC
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作者：
Yen,IreneH;Shim,JanetK;Martinez,AirinD;Barker,JudithC
为了了解老年人如何看待和驾驭他们的社区，我们研究了他们社区的活动对其健康的影响。我们采访了 38 名居住在旧金山或加利福尼亚州奥克兰的成年人（62-85 岁）。出现了七个关键主题：（1）人们对睦邻关系表达了广泛的期望，从“我们互不打扰”到“我们有彼此房子的钥匙”，（2）“其他”人之间的社会距离阻碍了联系感，（3）居住安排的种族差异影响活动和活动地点，（4）人们试图保持忙碌，（5）人们能够离开家在他们直接居住的社区之外进行许多活动，（6）对大多数人来说有汽车是必需的，以及(7) 当流动性可能受到限制时，为未来做计划是不寻常的。多个地点影响老年人的健康，包括住宅区。老年人重视流动性、积极的生活和社会联系。
To understand how older adults perceive and navigate their neighborhoods, we examined the implications of activity in their neighborhoods for their health. We interviewed 38 adults (ages 62–85) who lived in San Francisco or Oakland, California. Seven key themes emerged: (1) people express a wide range of expectations for neighborliness, from “we do not bother each other” to “we have keys to each other’s houses”, (2) social distance between “other” people impede a sense of connection, (3) ethnic differences in living arrangements affect activities and activity locations, (4) people try to stay busy, (5) people able to leave their homes do many activities outside their immediate residential neighborhoods, (6) access to a car is a necessity for most, and (7) it is unusual to plan for the future when mobility might become limited. Multiple locations influence older adults’ health, including residential neighborhoods. Older adults value mobility, active lives, and social connections.