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Pathways to age-friendly communities in diverse urban neighborhoods
— do social capital and social cohesion matter? | | Author(s) | Rupal Parekh, Arati Maleku, Noelle Fields |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 61, no 5, July 2018 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July 2018 |
| Pages | pp 492-512 |
| Source | http://wwwtandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Social inclusion ; Urban areas ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Social contacts ; Participation ; Citizenship ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using a social capital and social cohesion lens, this study repositioned the concept of civic engagement among older adults to examine pathways for building age-friendly communities. The authors analysed data drawn from a Community-Based Participatory Research study in the Southern U.S. that explored lived experiences of 15 older adults aged 55 and above who participated in 15 individual interviews and six focus group discussions to examine their perceptions of social identity, social connectedness and civic engagement geared toward an age-friendly city. Findings indicated that several older adults had access to social networks and socially invested resources, thereby having opportunities for civic engagement and building age-friendly neighbourhoods. However social, cultural, linguistic and structural barriers were more evident among certain diverse ethnic populations. Marginalised low-income minorities and immigrants such as Hispanic participants felt the lack of social cohesion among the larger society limited their ability to give back, thus decreasing their civic engagement activities. By contrast Caucasian and African American older adults were able to contribute to the political process through more civic participation activities. The authors provide implications for examining the role of social capital and social engagement to bolster civic engagement among older adults in building age-friendly communities. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180629212 A |
| Classmark | RNA: RK: RH: F:TK: TOA: TMB: IKC: 7T |
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