Ways in which 'community' benefits frail older women's well-being : '... we are much happier when we feel we belong'
Learmonth, Emily, Taket, Ann and Hanna, Lisa 2012, Ways in which 'community' benefits frail older women's well-being : '... we are much happier when we feel we belong', Australasian journal on ageing, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 60-63, doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00555.x.
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Ways in which 'community' benefits frail older women's well-being : '... we are much happier when we feel we belong'
Aim: This paper aims to explore frail older women’s lived experiences of ‘community’ and which aspects of ‘community’ they perceive as beneficial to their well-being.
Method: This qualitative project used a mixed methodological approach which integrated aspects of descriptive phenomenology and grounded theory. Ten frail, older women residing in South East Melbourne, Australia participated in in-depth interviews.
Results: This research obtained a rich and detailed account of the aspects of ‘community’ identified by participants as enhancing their well-being. These included: social contact, community dynamics, feelings of support and positive orientation.
Conclusion: This paper has increased our understanding of the factors supporting well-being of frail older women. Service providers should actively consider how they can strengthen these factors to improve social connectedness for frail older women by the use of volunteers, developing social networks and increasing availability and quality of community-based activities.
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