Leisure Participation and Enjoyment Among the Elderly: Individual Characteristics and Sociability

Chen, Su-Yen; Fu, Yang-Chih

doi:10.1080/03601270802115382

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“…Where studies have explored engagement in personally meaningful occupations, participation is found to be positively related to leisure enjoyment for elder Taiwanese (Chen & Fu, 2008), "psychological well-being and health-related quality of life" (Eakman, Carlson, & Clark, 2010, p. 313) for American seniors, and life satisfaction six European countries (Droogleever Fortuijn et al, 2006), as well as providing a purpose for being (Grant, 2008). Similarly, in a randomised controlled trial with American seniors, Clark et al (1997) found those who redesigned their lifestyles to include more personally meaningful occupations reported increased vitality and participation in social and physical occupations.…”

Section: Doing Personally Valued Occupationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This suggests happiness in advanced age is associated with something other than the continuance of doing a wide range of leisure occupations. Interestingly, leisure participation rates are highest for reading and watching television or digital video discs (DVD) for Swedish elders (Paillard-Borg et al, 2009), older Canadians (Strain et al, 2002), Taiwanese (Chen & Fu, 2008), and Japanese elders (Dodge et al, 2008). Yet participation rates do not indicate what occupations matter most to the person.…”

Section: Everyday Occupations and Ageing Wellmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, reporting occupational participation rates, like the percentage who watch television or read (Chen & Fu, 2008;Dodge et al, 2008;Paillard-Borg et al, 2009;Strain et al, 2002), may cover over understanding of doing occupations that matter.…”

Section: I Get Great Joy In Painting But I Haven't Done Any For Realmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In an attempt to more clearly understand the health promoting mechanisms of leisure occupations, a number of international studies have explored the relationship between occupational engagement over time and ageing well (Akbaraly et al, 2009;Chen & Fu, 2008;Dodge et al, 2008;Droogleever Fortuijn et al, 2006;Haggblom-Kronlof & Sonn, 2005;Menec, 2003;Nilsson, Lofgren, Fisher, & Bernspang, 2006;Paillard-Borg et al, 2009;Simone & Haas, 2009;Strain, Grabusic, Searle, & Dunn, 2002). In the Aging in Manitoba study, Menec (2003) used a 21-item leisure activity checklist to examine the relationship between overall participation levels, as well as doing particular occupations, and everyday function, wellbeing and mortality.…”

Section: Everyday Occupations and Ageing Wellmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Being Occupied with What Matters in Advanced Age

Clair

2012

Journal of Occupational Science

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This article illuminates one key finding of an interpretive phenomenological study that brought an occupational lens to exploring how elders experience ageing in their everyday lives. Fifteen community-dwelling, New Zealand elders aged 71 to 97, 4 Maori and 11 nonMaori, were purposively recruited. Data were gathered through individual interviews focused on stories of everyday moments and photographs of the participant's hands only while engaged in doing a chosen occupation. Discrete stories were drawn from the narrative data and interpreted, guided by Gadamerian hermeneutics and Heideggerian phenomenology. The notion of 'doing what matters' emerged as participants spoke of having one occupation that was of primary importance to them. This one compelling pursuit showed as an enduring interest over time, illuminating the temporal unity of past, present and future in advanced age. Accordingly, the boundaries of researching occupational engagement in advanced age ought to be redefined. Instead of a current emphasis on understanding elders' participation in daily activities, activity categories and patterns, occupational science research might deepen the focus to understand how engagement in subjectively compelling occupations is associated with ageing well and longevity.

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Being Occupied with What Matters in Advanced Age

Clair

2012

Journal of Occupational Science

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“…Several studies have reported that age was a significant predictor of leisure participation (Chen & Fu, 2008;Hur, 2002;Lee & Park, 2009;Zimmer, Hickery, & Searle, 1995). Senior citizens who were younger in age tended to exhibit a higher degree of participation in leisure activities, indicating that an increase in age accompanied a decline in leisure participation or a narrowing of the range of leisure activities (Hong, 1998).…”

Section: Demographic Variables and Leisure Participationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Multiple Predictors of Korean Elderly Men's Leisure Participation

Kim

Moon

2013

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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This study examines the leisure constraints experienced by elderly men and investigates how leisure constraints affect their level of participation in leisure activities. A convenience sampling of the independent elderly, sixty or older, residing in Seoul and the province of Kyenggi in Korea comprised the study sample. Of the total 275 participants, 164 were male. The study employed hierarchical multiple regression analysis including demographic, health status, financial status, and leisure constraint factors impacting participation in leisure activities. The findings of the study highlight the importance of interpersonal constraints of elderly men in leisure participation. The elderly men reported significantly higher levels of interpersonal constraints than the elderly women. Financial status factors, such as leisure allowance and employment status, were confirmed to be more influential predictors in determining the elderly men's leisure participation. Practice implications include considering interpersonal constraints or financial status to enhance elderly men's leisure life.

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