Meaningful Occupation and Resilience among Older U.S. Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study

Carroll, Amanda L.; Bailliard, Antoine

doi:10.1080/0164212x.2023.2209342

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

2023

DOI: 10.1080/0164212x.2023.2209342

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Meaningful Occupation and Resilience among Older U.S. Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study

Amanda L. Carroll

Antoine Bailliard

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Redefining the Successful Aging of Veterans: A Scoping Review

Burns,

Neves,

Warren

2024

The Gerontologist

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Background and Objectives The aging experiences of military veterans provide critical insights into what successful aging is and means for later life contexts constrained by distinct health and social needs. Can veterans ‘successfully’ age when they are exposed to so many stressors with serious health and social consequences for later life? Veterans can offer valuable lessons for developing comprehensive approaches to refining successful aging, ensuring inclusivity of different older populations. Building on Rowe and Kahn’s idea of successful aging, we utilize the complementary concept of ‘active aging’ to explore if there are unique factors, characteristics, and interventions that support active aging in veterans, compared to non-veteran populations. Research Design and Methods A rapid review and evidence synthesis was conducted across 9 databases in medicine, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and public health to search for peer-reviewed articles and research reports. Results Findings suggest that programs linking health and social dimensions can support the active aging of veterans, namely interventions promoting active physical and cognitive lifestyle as well as social connectedness and engagement. Such programs and interventions help prevent and combat mental and physical health decline and increase quality of life and well-being. Discussion and Implications Findings have implications for veteran and non-veteran populations more broadly, as people can actively age even when they have unique health and social needs.

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Redefining the Successful Aging of Veterans: A Scoping Review

Burns,

Neves,

Warren

2024

The Gerontologist

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Engagement in Meaningful Activity Mediates the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Functional Resilience

Sherman,

Burnett,

Lindstrom

2024

OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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Resilience during stressful life events is a priority for administering the most client-centered care as possible. Occupational therapy practitioners have the unique opportunity to support resilience through promoting meaningful participation. The current study aims to understand the associations between meaningful activity engagement, resilience, and stressful life events. We specifically focused on answering if meaningful participation mediates the relationship between stressful life events and resilience. 492 participants from a non-clinical convenience sample of Amazon’s MTurk completed the study. Participants completed an online survey and reported their experiences of stressful life events, resilience, well-being, and meaningful participation. We used SPSS and PROCESS to analyze our data. Stressful event severity and resilience were inversely related. When accounting for the effect of meaningful participation, the relationship became non-significant, indicating evidence of mediation. Implications: Focusing on measuring meaningful participation may be worth studying in further research.

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Meaningful Occupation and Resilience among Older U.S. Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study

Cited by 2 publications

References 53 publications

Redefining the Successful Aging of Veterans: A Scoping Review

Redefining the Successful Aging of Veterans: A Scoping Review

Engagement in Meaningful Activity Mediates the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Functional Resilience

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