Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement
Although maintaining engagement in activities has a positive influence on our health and wellbeing as we age, many programs that serve older adults struggle with getting participation in the programs they offer. This study sought to explore activity disengagement among older adults in a senior housi...
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| description | Although maintaining engagement in activities has a positive influence on our health and wellbeing as we age, many programs that serve older adults struggle with getting participation in the programs they offer. This study sought to explore activity disengagement among older adults in a senior housing community and identify the challenges and opportunities for reengagement with the aim of informing future intervention development and testing. Fifty-one adults over the age of 60 participated in structured interviews. Findings highlighted that many older adults have activities patterns that are not optimal for health. Many reasons given for disengaging in activities (e.g., no opportunity) were surprising given that participants lived in a setting where a variety of programs were offered. Programs need to more purposively address social challenges to participating in activities and consider a more person-centered approach when developing interventions for the older adults they serve. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bdaf07d57b5f40908c6d37a475b909b02025-02-03T00:59:02ZengWileyOccupational Therapy International0966-79031557-07032017-01-01201710.1155/2017/19834141983414Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for ReengagementKrista Fox0Nancy Morrow-Howell1Stephanie Herbers2Paula Battista3Carolyn M. Baum4School of Medicine, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USAGeorge Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USAInstitute for Public Health, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USAGeorge Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USASchool of Medicine, Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USAAlthough maintaining engagement in activities has a positive influence on our health and wellbeing as we age, many programs that serve older adults struggle with getting participation in the programs they offer. This study sought to explore activity disengagement among older adults in a senior housing community and identify the challenges and opportunities for reengagement with the aim of informing future intervention development and testing. Fifty-one adults over the age of 60 participated in structured interviews. Findings highlighted that many older adults have activities patterns that are not optimal for health. Many reasons given for disengaging in activities (e.g., no opportunity) were surprising given that participants lived in a setting where a variety of programs were offered. Programs need to more purposively address social challenges to participating in activities and consider a more person-centered approach when developing interventions for the older adults they serve.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1983414 |
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| title | Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement |
| title_full | Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement |
| title_short | Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement |
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