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| Social engagement and healthy ageing in disadvantaged communities | | Author(s) | Roger Beech, Michael Murray |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, vol 14, no 1, 2013 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2013 |
| Pages | pp 12-24 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/qaoa.htm |
| Keywords | Social interaction ; Well being ; Deprived areas ; Development projects ; Projects ; Manchester. |
| Annotation | Social engagement is important for healthy ageing, but may be challenging for residents of disadvantaged urban communities. This article describes a study which examined levels of social engagement and its link with well-being and community attachment among older residents in four disadvantaged urban communities in Manchester. The research was part of the Community Action in Later Life Manchester East (Call-Me) project, which aimed to promote greater social engagement among older people. The project introduced community-based activities to encourage older people to become more socially active, and used a questionnaire survey to assess participants' wider involvement in local activities, and their feelings of well-being and community attachment. The article describes the study and presents the results of data analysis. Of the 65 people who completed the survey, most lived alone (over 69%) but had contact at least monthly with family, friends and neighbours (over 70%), and made regular use of local amenities (over 79%). Participants' mean health-related quality of life (HRQoL) score was lower than the national average, but over 65% rated their generic quality of life as good or better, and over 67% had a positive sense of community attachment. The authors discuss the findings and conclude that the results confirm the need for strategies to promote social engagement of older people together with a community-wide approach, to ensure that local amenities (such as the corner shop and good public transport links) are maintained. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170616220 A |
| Classmark | TMA: D:F:5HH: RN: IGD: 3E: 83E |
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