Yen Irene H, Shim Janet K, Martinez Airin D, Barker Judith C
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 335, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
J Aging Res. 2012;2012:139523. doi: 10.1155/2012/139523. Epub 2012 Jan 4.
To understand how older adults perceive and navigate their neighborhoods, we examined the implications of activity in their neighborhoods for their health. We interviewed 38 adults (ages 62-85) who lived in San Francisco or Oakland, California. Seven key themes emerged: (1) people express a wide range of expectations for neighborliness, from "we do not bother each other" to "we have keys to each other's houses", (2) social distance between "other" people impede a sense of connection, (3) ethnic differences in living arrangements affect activities and activity locations, (4) people try to stay busy, (5) people able to leave their homes do many activities outside their immediate residential neighborhoods, (6) access to a car is a necessity for most, and (7) it is unusual to plan for the future when mobility might become limited. Multiple locations influence older adults' health, including residential neighborhoods. Older adults value mobility, active lives, and social connections.
为了解老年人如何看待并穿梭于他们的社区，我们研究了他们在社区中的活动对其健康的影响。我们采访了38位居住在加利福尼亚州旧金山或奥克兰的成年人（年龄在62岁至85岁之间）。出现了七个关键主题：（1）人们对邻里关系表达了广泛的期望，从“互不打扰”到“互有对方家门钥匙”；（2）与“他人”之间的社会距离妨碍了联系感；（3）居住安排上的种族差异影响活动及活动地点；（4）人们试图保持忙碌；（5）能够离家的人在其直接居住社区之外进行许多活动；（6）对大多数人来说，有车是必要的；（7）当行动能力可能受限的时候，为未来做规划并不常见。多个地点会影响老年人的健康，包括居住社区。老年人重视行动能力、积极的生活和社会联系。
