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  • Gerontology and Public Health
  • Sociology of Aging
  • Rural Health Studies

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  • Aging presents multifaceted challenges including financial, health, and social losses.
  • Maintaining well-being in older adults necessitates effective coping mechanisms.
  • Current national policies predominantly address financial resources, overlooking other critical support systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify coping strategies employed by older adults in rural Australia.
  • To apply Folkman and Lazarus's transactional theory of stress and coping.
  • To explore both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping methods used by seniors.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative research design utilizing an ethnographic case study approach.
  • Study conducted in three rural communities in northern Australia.
  • Participants included older Australians aged 65 and above, residing in their own homes.

Main Results:

  • Rural older adults proactively plan for aging using both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies.
  • Problem-focused strategies (e.g., seeking social support, planful problem-solving) are employed when events are controllable.
  • Emotion-focused strategies are utilized for managing uncertainty, health decline, and potential future care needs.

Conclusions:

  • Health community workers should encourage older adults to discuss future care needs with their social networks.
  • This proactive communication is particularly crucial in rural areas with concentrated older populations and limited resources.
  • Supporting 'aging in place' requires integrated strategies addressing emotional and practical aspects of later life.