"这是我可以做我自己的地方":这些地方可以让老年人壮成长
Caroline Pearce1, Karen Berry1, Catharine Ward Thompson1
1Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Usher Building, Little France Road, EH16 4UX, United Kingdom; OPENSpace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, United Kingdom.
Health & place
|February 12, 2026
概括
社区空间对于老年人来说至关重要,他们可以在当地老化和壮成长. 了解这些支持性场所如何促进福祉和加强自我认同是支持健康衰老的关键.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 衰老的社会学 衰老的社会学
背景情况:
- 现场老龄化得到了当地环境的支持.
- 启用场所的具体特征及其对老年人福祉的影响尚未得到充分理解.
- "赋能地方"的概念提供了一个框架来探索地方如何为晚年生活中的繁荣做出贡献.
研究的目的:
- 检查老年人如何在他们的社区中利用身体,社会和情感资源.
- 调查这些地方资源如何促进个人项目,促进福祉和繁荣.
- 确定支持老年人生活质量的支持性场所的类型.
主要方法:
- 与45名50岁及以上的参与者进行了深入采访,这些参与者来自苏格兰多个社区.
- 分析个人如何谈判,为个人项目安排资源.
- 在各种邻里环境中对经验的定性探索.
主要成果:
- 确定了四种类型的支持场所:"放松和恢复的地方"",与他人联系的地方"",我可以伸展自己的地方"和"我可以成为自己的地方".
- 地方不仅提供恢复性益处,而且还促进"启发",加强自我认同.
- 地方资源的不平等分配可能会阻碍老年人的行动和勃发展的能力,尽管即使在充满挑战的环境中,他们也有自我发展的潜力.
结论:
- 提供便利的场所对于老年人的福祉,身份发展和繁荣至关重要.
- 解决对地方资源的不平等接入对于促进晚年生活中的代理和能力至关重要.
- 进一步的研究应该探索环境干预措施,以克服户外活动的障碍,并支持老年人的个人成长.
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