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Research on age-friendly community initiatives
— taking stock and moving forward | | Author(s) | Amanda J Lehning, Emily A Greenfield |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 31, no 2, April-June 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 178-192 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0276389... |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Development projects ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Well being ; Research ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs) are a promising approach to supporting physical, cognitive, mental and social health in later life. However, to date, there are gaps in our understanding of these initiatives' development, implementation, sustainability and effectiveness. The authors describe existing scholarship on age-friendly community initiatives. They focus on on conceptual and empirical knowledge development as to what age-friendliness and AFCIs are, as well as AFCIs' inputs (i.e. the process of age-friendly community change), outputs (i.e. organisational and community changes), and outcomes (i.e. changes in individual older adults). They discuss some of the barriers to integrating research and practice in this field, including AFCIs' multifaceted approach and limited funding for evaluation and research. They conclude with steps to advance knowledge that can help to promote more evidence-informed age-friendly policies and practices. Additional scholarship regarding what change processes work under what conditions, in what ways, and for whom is essential to supporting the systematic development of community-wide approaches that promote older people's health and well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170818217 A |
| Classmark | RH: IGD: TOB: D:F:5HH: 3A: 64A |
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