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| Conceptualising social connectivity in the context of age-friendly communities | | Author(s) | Verena H Menec |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 31, no 2, April-June 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, April-June 2017 |
| Pages | pp 99-116 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Social contacts ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Physical environment ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Well being. |
| Annotation | In 2011, the author and colleagues (Means, Keating, Parkhurst and Eales) conceptualised age-friendly communities from an ecological perspective. The aim was to highlight key assumptions of the interplay between the person and the environment, including both the community environment and the larger policy and political environment. Moreover, they proposed that a basic benefit of an age-friendly community is that it creates social connectivity. Fundamentally, they argued, age-friendly communities create connections between the older person and the environment in which he or she lives and vice versa. The purpose of the present article is to expand on the notion of social connectivity. By drawing on diverse bodies of literature, such as social epidemiology, community development, empowerment, and organisational effectiveness, the author aims to conceptualise social connectivity in terms of four interrelated components: creating connections; empowerment; social influence; and access to material resources and services. Consistent with ecological theory, each of these components is described at the individual, organisational and community level. Implications for implementing age-friendly initiatives and research are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170818212 A |
| Classmark | TOA: RH: R: TOB: D:F:5HH |
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