Constructing and negotiating social participation in old age: experiences of older adults living in urban environments in the United Kingdom
Constructing and negotiating social participation in old age: experiences of older adults living in urban environments in the United Kingdom
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老年社会参与的构建和谈判：生活在英国城市环境中的老年人的经历
作者：
R. Woolrych;J. Sixsmith;Jenny Fisher;Meiko Makita;R. Lawthom;Michael Murray
老年友好城市和社区运动的重点是如何更好地支持老年人在城市环境中变老。“健康老龄化”和“积极老龄化”议程的核心是确保老年人能够参与有意义的社会参与形式。老年人社会参与的好处已经有充分的文献记载，对社区居住的老年人的研究探讨了促进或阻碍这种参与形式的一些邻里品质。然而，老年人如何构建和谈判的日常城市环境中的社会参与的理解在很大程度上是未经探索的。为了解决这一差距，我们提出了104个访谈的结果与老年人生活在三个城市和九个社区在英国（英国）。研究结果探讨了三个主题产生的研究：“构建有意义的社会参与老年”，“谈判获得社会参与”和“导航家庭和社区”。在这些主题中，本文描述了老年人的社会参与体验如何涉及个人在一系列环境设置（包括家庭，户外空间和社区设施）中所经历的一些相互关联的身体，心理和社会过程。本文最后讨论的影响，研究结果的做法，特别是在提供老年友好型社区。
Abstract The age-friendly cities and communities movement has focused on how to better support older adults to age well within urban environments. Central to ‘ageing well’ and ‘active ageing’ agendas is ensuring that older adults can participate in meaningful forms of social participation. The benefits of social participation in old age have been well documented, and research amongst community-dwelling older adults has explored some of the neighbourhood qualities that facilitate or impede such forms of engagement. However, understandings of how older adults construct and negotiate social participation within everyday urban environments have been largely unexplored. To address this gap, we present results from 104 interviews conducted with older adults living in three cities and nine neighbourhoods in the United Kingdom (UK). The findings explore three themes generated from the research: ‘constructing meaningful social participation in old age’, ‘negotiating access to social participation’ and ‘navigating home and community’. Across these themes, the paper describes how experiences of social participation in old age involve a number of inter-connected physical, psychological and social processes experienced by individuals across a range of environmental settings including the home, outdoor spaces and community facilities. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the findings for practice, specifically in the delivery of age-friendly communities.
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
Sirven, Nicolas;Debrand, Thierry
通讯作者：
Debrand, Thierry