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Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound
PURPOSE: Participation in social and community activities that require leaving one’s home is important to older adults; however, many older adults have difficulty or are unable to leave their dwellings, and little is known from national samples about issues related to remaining active outside the ho...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26883818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1245-2 |
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author | Szanton, Sarah L. Roberts, Laken Leff, Bruce Walker, Janiece L. Seplaki, Christopher L. Soones, Tacara Thorpe, Roland J. Ornstein, Katherine A. |
author_facet | Szanton, Sarah L. Roberts, Laken Leff, Bruce Walker, Janiece L. Seplaki, Christopher L. Soones, Tacara Thorpe, Roland J. Ornstein, Katherine A. |
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description | PURPOSE: Participation in social and community activities that require leaving one’s home is important to older adults; however, many older adults have difficulty or are unable to leave their dwellings, and little is known from national samples about issues related to remaining active outside the home or the barriers faced by these older adults. DESIGN AND METHODS: We used the National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative study of older adults (n = 7197), to understand the following: (1) the importance that homebound and semi-homebound adults place on involvement in social or community activities, (2) their current level of involvement, and (3) reported barriers to participation. RESULTS: Despite the heavy burden of functional limitations, depression, pain, and falls, homebound adults reported that activities outside the home were important to them ranging from 25.2 % (attend clubs) to 70.0 % (visit family). Similarly, semi-homebound older adults had a strong interest in such participation, including visiting friends and family (81.8 %), attending religious services (72.6 %), and going out for enjoyment (72.5 %). Many homebound adults reported health (42.9–64.1 % depending on the activity) and transportation (12.2–18.2 %) as barriers to participation. Semi-homebound adults also identified health (23.8–41.0 %) and transportation (6.5–10.2 %) as participation barriers. IMPLICATIONS: This information can be useful in designing community programs that will foster meaningful social and community engagement for older adults, which may improve their quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-49456812016-07-26 Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound Szanton, Sarah L. Roberts, Laken Leff, Bruce Walker, Janiece L. Seplaki, Christopher L. Soones, Tacara Thorpe, Roland J. Ornstein, Katherine A. Qual Life Res Article PURPOSE: Participation in social and community activities that require leaving one’s home is important to older adults; however, many older adults have difficulty or are unable to leave their dwellings, and little is known from national samples about issues related to remaining active outside the home or the barriers faced by these older adults. DESIGN AND METHODS: We used the National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative study of older adults (n = 7197), to understand the following: (1) the importance that homebound and semi-homebound adults place on involvement in social or community activities, (2) their current level of involvement, and (3) reported barriers to participation. RESULTS: Despite the heavy burden of functional limitations, depression, pain, and falls, homebound adults reported that activities outside the home were important to them ranging from 25.2 % (attend clubs) to 70.0 % (visit family). Similarly, semi-homebound older adults had a strong interest in such participation, including visiting friends and family (81.8 %), attending religious services (72.6 %), and going out for enjoyment (72.5 %). Many homebound adults reported health (42.9–64.1 % depending on the activity) and transportation (12.2–18.2 %) as barriers to participation. Semi-homebound adults also identified health (23.8–41.0 %) and transportation (6.5–10.2 %) as participation barriers. IMPLICATIONS: This information can be useful in designing community programs that will foster meaningful social and community engagement for older adults, which may improve their quality of life. Springer International Publishing 2016-02-17 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4945681/ /pubmed/26883818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1245-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Article Szanton, Sarah L. Roberts, Laken Leff, Bruce Walker, Janiece L. Seplaki, Christopher L. Soones, Tacara Thorpe, Roland J. Ornstein, Katherine A. Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title | Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title_full | Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title_fullStr | Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title_full_unstemmed | Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title_short | Home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
title_sort | home but still engaged: participation in social activities among the homebound |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26883818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1245-2 |
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