Planning for an ageing population: links between social health, neighbourhood environment and the elderly

Alidoust, Sara; Bosman, Caryl

doi:10.1080/07293682.2015.1034145

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“…(1) family, (2) work, (3) community involvement, and (4) social life or sociability of individuals (eg, friendships) [117]. However, community health and psychological health are the results of the efforts contributed by epidemiologists and environmental psychologists, which include the sense of community identity, community empowerment, social capital, and culture [116].…”

Section: Economic Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this study, based on strong evidence, it was found that a powerful and supportive social network enhances the well-being and longevity of the elderly in the society. However, the composition of this supportive network may differ Risk of institutionalization [23] Self-reported falls [23,34] Self-reported health [23] Physical activity [1,23,42,86,93] Activities of daily living [23] Genetic factors [23] Body mass index obesity [23,67] Sleep hygiene [37] Personal hygiene [37] Mental [39,41,70,116,117] sense of community identity; CE: community empowerment; SC: social capital; CL: culture [98,116] from one society/person to another [23]. The extent of poverty is also among the commonly mentioned factors that affects the activity involvement of the people.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review

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Background: "Active aging" is an inclusive term and has been defined from a variety of aspects in different domains throughout the literature. The aim of this review was to identify those aspects that play significant roles in building this concept using an ecological approach. Methods: In this study, seven online databases, including JSTOR, Pub-Med, Web of Science, Google Scholar, ProQuest, EBSCO, and Scopus, were searched from 2002 to 2018 for both qualitative and quantitative articles published in English. Two reviewers independently found the related articles using the search terms "active aging" and "built environment" and included both "ageing" and "aging". Results: Of 1500 records which passed the screening stage, 92 were eligible for inclusion in the review. A total of 15 subthemes were derived: (1) personal characteristics, (2) behavioral attitude, (3) land use, (4) access, (5) physical form, (6) cityscape/city image, (7) public open spaces, (8) housing, (9) social environment, (10) cultural Environment, (11) economic environment, (12) good governance, (13) physical health, (14) mental health, and (15) social health. Ecological themes of active aging can be defined as the 5P model: person, processes, place, prime, and policymaking. Conclusions: The results of this study can shed light on different aspects of active aging. Also, the results emphasized the significance of the multidimensional nature of active aging, micro (person), meso (process), and macro systems (place and policymaking), based on health (prime) environments. Moreover, the results were based on the relationships between the person and the environment at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels, which can be used to conduct future studies and develop policies on aging populations.

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Section: Processmentioning

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Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review

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“…Oldenburg argues that: "Third places can bring youth and adults into association with one another" (1997, p.7). Third places have implications for the challenges of planning urban spaces for different ages for active aging and child friendly cities (Alidoust & Bosman, 2015;Gleeson & Sipe, 2006;Mansvelt, 2008 Third places, particularly those which combine social interaction with physical activity, have beneficial health and wellbeing outcomes for the community (Frumkin, 2003).…”

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“…Community gardens provide an opportunity for older local residents to become involved or to interact with neighbours. Alidoust and Bosman (2015) found that for older people in their study, the third places such as shopping centres, churches and the public library I'm on the committee, I look after their lawns and do their whippersnipping for them and I plant the garden here, the community garden, look after that. (Fred, Kookaburra) Fred refers to the "community garden" meaning the communal garden bed in which they grow the food to donate to charities.…”

Section: Agesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community gardens as third places

Dolley

2020

Geographical Research

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Community gardens play an important role in building urban resilience through improving food security and by increasing neighbourhood social capital. As community gardens become more popular in many countries, understanding what motivates people to join them and stay involved is, therefore, worth researching. This paper explores the key motivations of community gardeners using data from interviews conducted with people involved in a range of community gardens on the east coast of Australia (including Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney) as well as two locations in Denmark (Copenhagen and Odense). Our analysis synthesised three main categories of motivation which are broadly described as "individual", "community" and "gardening". Individual motivations included: a retirement activity; educating one's own children about growing and eating good food; access to organic produce; alternative to supermarket food; and personal learning, enjoyment and satisfaction. Community motivations included: civic action; a way to meet people when new to the neighbourhood; growing food for charities; teaching children to interact with the community; and community-based social activity. Gardening motivations included: being outdoors; enjoying nature; access to earth; and growing food plants. While community gardening is often cited as a sustainable activity, the environment only emerged once as a key focus in relation to organic food production. Interestingly, there was still evidence of sustainable practices such as community composting and pesticide-free growing across all sites. The range of motivations show that the gardens go some way towards improving the quality of life in urban environments through providing intergenerational social interactions which are enjoyable, increasing local social capital and inadvertently improving local food security and sustainability.

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“…(2) work, (3) community involvement, and (4) social life or sociability of individuals (eg, friendships) [118].…”

Section: Primementioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehensive 5P Framework for Active Aging Using the Ecological Approach: An Iterative Systematic Review

Lak

Rashidghalam

Myint

et al. 2019

Preprint

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Background: "Active aging" is an inclusive term and has been defined from a variety of aspects in different domains throughout the literature. The aim of this review was to identify those aspects that play significant roles in building this concept using an ecological approach. Methods: In this study, seven online databases, including JSTOR, Pub-Med, Web of Science, Google Scholar, ProQuest, EBSCO, and Scopus, were searched from 2002 to 2018 for both qualitative and quantitative articles published in English. Two reviewers independently found the related articles using the search terms “active aging” and “built environment” and included both “ageing” and “aging”. Results: Of 1500 records which passed the screening stage, 92 were eligible for inclusion in the review. A total of 15 subthemes were derived: (1) personal characteristics, (2) behavioral attitude, (3) land use, (4) access, (5) physical form, (6) cityscape/city image, (7) public open spaces, (8) housing, (9) social environment, (10) cultural Environment, (11) economic environment, (12) good governance, (13) physical health, (14) mental health, and (15) social health. Ecological themes of active aging can be defined as the 5P model: person, processes, place, prime, and policymaking. Conclusions: The results of this study can shed light on different aspects of active aging. Also, the results emphasized the significance of the multidimensional nature of active aging, micro (person), meso (process), and macro systems (place and policymaking), based on health (prime) environments. Moreover, the results were based on the relationships between the person and the environment at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels, which can be used to conduct future studies and develop policies on aging populations.

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Planning for an ageing population: links between social health, neighbourhood environment and the elderly

Cited by 38 publications

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Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review

Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review

Community gardens as third places

Comprehensive 5P Framework for Active Aging Using the Ecological Approach: An Iterative Systematic Review

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