Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions
This paper reports on and synthesizes new research that examines how a collaborative community response can promote successful aging in place for older adults with hoarding behaviour. Through interviews with older adults with hoarding behaviour, who used a particular community support and a focus gr...
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| description | This paper reports on and synthesizes new research that examines how a collaborative community response can promote successful aging in place for older adults with hoarding behaviour. Through interviews with older adults with hoarding behaviour, who used a particular community support and a focus group interview with members of the community collaborative that directed supports for this population, our findings suggest that there were valuable outcomes for both groups. These older adults with hoarding behaviour were able to remain in their own homes, their safety was enhanced, their sense of isolation was minimized, empowerment was fostered, and they gained valuable insight into their behaviour. The members of the community collaborative were able to access the expertise of other professionals, maximize their own expertise, and they generated an enhanced understanding of the experience of older adults living with hoarding behaviour in Edmonton. This study is a significant addition to the much too sparse literature about the community planning needs of older adults with hoarding behaviour. It offers knowledge that is integral to theories and principles of better aging in place but attempts to translate this into practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-910356ad935443e5a55ae9d11844c5f12025-02-03T01:07:19ZengWileyJournal of Aging Research2090-22042090-22122012-01-01201210.1155/2012/205425205425Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for SolutionsKyle Y. Whitfield0Jason S. Daniels1Keri Flesaker2Doneka Simmons3Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Enterprise Square, Room 2-215, 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4P6, CanadaFaculty of Extension, University of Alberta, Enterprise Square, Room 2-215, 10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 4P6, CanadaDepartment of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, 6-102 Education North, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5, CanadaSenior Association of Greater Edmonton, 15 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2E5, CanadaThis paper reports on and synthesizes new research that examines how a collaborative community response can promote successful aging in place for older adults with hoarding behaviour. Through interviews with older adults with hoarding behaviour, who used a particular community support and a focus group interview with members of the community collaborative that directed supports for this population, our findings suggest that there were valuable outcomes for both groups. These older adults with hoarding behaviour were able to remain in their own homes, their safety was enhanced, their sense of isolation was minimized, empowerment was fostered, and they gained valuable insight into their behaviour. The members of the community collaborative were able to access the expertise of other professionals, maximize their own expertise, and they generated an enhanced understanding of the experience of older adults living with hoarding behaviour in Edmonton. This study is a significant addition to the much too sparse literature about the community planning needs of older adults with hoarding behaviour. It offers knowledge that is integral to theories and principles of better aging in place but attempts to translate this into practice.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/205425 |
| spellingShingle | Kyle Y. Whitfield Jason S. Daniels Keri Flesaker Doneka Simmons Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions Journal of Aging Research |
| title | Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions |
| title_full | Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions |
| title_fullStr | Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions |
| title_short | Older Adults with Hoarding Behaviour Aging in Place: Looking to a Collaborative Community-Based Planning Approach for Solutions |
| title_sort | older adults with hoarding behaviour aging in place looking to a collaborative community based planning approach for solutions |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/205425 |
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