The art hive as a ‘frame of belonging’ for older adults

Fortune, Darla; Aubin, Ginette; Timm‐Bottos, Janis; Hebblethwaite, Shannon

doi:10.1080/14927713.2021.1886867

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“…2)What helped communities? 6/10 Y—Clear aims Y—Appropriate qualitative methodology Y—Appropriate research design Y—Appropriate recruitment strategy Y—Appropriate data collection N—Considered reflexivity appropriately N—Ethical considerations addressed N—Rigorous data analysis Y—Clear statement of findings N—Value of research (Fortune et al, 2021) [ 48 ] , Canada 19 (16 female & 3 male) Mostly aged 65 + . People recruited from three art hives (‘public home places’) who differ in terms of cultural background, income levels and health status Exploring the perceptions of belonging and the ways in which the involvement in the intervention contributed to the sense of belonging Focus groups ( n = 3 ) and interviews (face-to-face) Thematic analysis 1)Needing social spaces 2)Being welcomed into a non-judgemental Space 3)Coming for more than just the art 4)Creating a shared space 8/10 Y—Clear aims Y—Appropriate qualitative methodology Y—Appropriate research design N—Appropriate recruitment strategy Y—Appropriate data collection N—Considered reflexivity appropriately Y—Ethical considerations addressed Y—Rigorous data analysis Y—Clear statement of findings Y—Value of research (Frerichs et al, 2020) [ 49 ] , UK 19 (14 female & 5 male) Aged 18–70.…”

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Do people perceive benefits in the use of social prescribing to address loneliness and/or social isolation? A qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature

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Pitman

Hsueh

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BMC Health Serv Res

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Social prescribing is a means by which clinical services can link individuals who have psychological, social and/or practical needs with non-clinical services within their local community. There is a lack of empirical evidence investigating whether social prescribing helps such individuals and which interventions are the most effective and accepted by them to address their loneliness. This meta-synthesis aimed to synthesise findings from qualitative studies exploring experiences of people (of any age) who participated in any social prescribing intervention aimed at loneliness and/or social isolation to ascertain whether they felt it helped address loneliness/isolation and the potential mechanisms by which this might occur. We conducted a systematic search of 5 electronic databases and 4 other databases that would yield grey literature in April 2021 to identify qualitative articles on this topic written in English or French. We assessed the quality of the included studies using recognised tools, and synthesised findings using the approach of thematic analysis. We identified 19 records analysed (e.g. journal articles) from 18 studies meeting inclusion criteria. Our analysis identified three themes: (1) increased sense of wellbeing (with six subthemes), (2) factors that engendered an ongoing desire to connect with others, and (3) perceived drawbacks of social prescribing. These themes illustrate the benefits and difficulties people perceive in social prescribing programmes addressing loneliness and social isolation, with an overall balance of more benefits than drawbacks in social prescribing participation. However, given the unhelpful aspects of social prescribing identified by some participants, greater thought should be given to potential harms. Moreover, further qualitative and quantitative research is needed to better understand mechanisms and effectiveness, and how different components of social prescribing might be best matched to individual participants.

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Do people perceive benefits in the use of social prescribing to address loneliness and/or social isolation? A qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature

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Hsueh

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…The electronic database searches were supplemented by hand-searching the reference lists of any eligible studies to reduce the chance of missing relevant studies. [45] did not specify the year of data collection, therefore we assumed that data were collected beforehand.…”

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“…Participants also emphasised the importance of feeling welcomed, as well as ensuring others felt comfortable in the shared space, fostering a sense of reciprocity: "I really felt a sense of belonging there [art hive] because I felt very welcomed." (Female, age not speci ed) [45] "Each time a person comes, we're all happy to welcome the person. So, even if you don't feel good and you come on Thursday, you feel great because it's like people are waiting for you."…”

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“…So, even if you don't feel good and you come on Thursday, you feel great because it's like people are waiting for you." (Female, age not speci ed) [45] In some cases, this greater sense of belonging was generalised beyond the SP sessions: "[…] I like the town very much too. Well I mean I do feel part of it now and this course has helped me feel part of the society, very nice."…”

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“…So, it was good for me in that sense because it me out, it got me socialising, it got me even back into doing some artwork." (Female, age not speci ed) [45] 3.7 Theme 3: Drawbacks perceived in SP A few studies described perceived drawbacks of SP that had apparently prevented participants from gaining the bene ts described by others.…”

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The art hive as a ‘frame of belonging’ for older adults

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