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Aging well at home
— evaluation of a neighborhood-based pilot project to "put connection back into the community" | | Author(s) | Judith G Gonyea, Kathy Burnes |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 27, no 4, October-December 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 333-347 |
| Source | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Urban areas ; Development projects ; Living in the community ; Jewish ; Quality of life ; Pilot ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the United States and globally, there is growing interest to transform communities to become more ageing friendly. However, the majority of emerging initiatives lack a formal evaluation component, which limits our understanding of their effectiveness and the ability to replicate them. This study is an evaluation of a pilot project, the Aging Well at Home (AWAH) Program, a 3-year project of the Jewish Family & and Children's Service of Greater Boston. AWAH aimed to "put connection back into community", to support the psychological well-being of urban seniors who were ageing in place. The authors examined AWAH's effect on stress, loneliness, and depression, by interviews with 33 older people at enrolment and 9 months later. Findings revealed a significant decline in participants' perceived stress (p < .001); however, AWAH was less successful in lessening loneliness (p < .09), and was not associated with any change in depression (p > .33). In self-assessments, the majority of participants reported a greater sense of self-efficacy and social connection as a result of AWAH participation. The study offers preliminary evidence of the usefulness of a neighbourhood approach to improving older adults' quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131115224 A |
| Classmark | RH: RK: IGD: K4: TKS: F:59: 4UC: 4C: 7T |
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