Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands; Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health Limburg, Regional Public Health Service, Geleen, The Netherlands.
Department of Health Ethics and Society, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Health Place. 2017 Nov;48:11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.08.007. Epub 2017 Sep 23.
Ageing-in-place is considered important for the health of older adults. In this paper, inspired by a constructivist approach to ageing-in-place, we unravel professionals' and older adults' constructions of ageing-in-place. Their perspectives are studied in relation to a policy that aims to develop so-called 'lifecycle-robust neighbourhoods' in the southern part of the Netherlands. We conducted a photovoice study in which 18 older adults (70-85 years) living independently and 14 professionals (social workers, housing consultants, neighbourhood managers and community workers) were asked to photograph and discuss the places they consider important for ageing-in-place. Based on a theoretically informed analysis of the data, we found that professionals primarily consider objective characteristics of neighbourhoods such as access to amenities, mobility and meeting places as important enablers for older adults to remain living independently. Analysis of older adults' photographs and stories show that they associate ageing-in-place with specific lived experiences and attachments to specific, intangible and memory-laden public places. We conclude that exploring these experiences helps to increase current knowledge about place attachment in old age.
就地老化被认为对老年人的健康很重要。在本文中，受就地老化的建构主义方法的启发，我们揭示了专业人士和老年人对就地老化的构建。研究了他们的观点与一项旨在开发荷兰南部所谓“生命周期稳健社区”的政策之间的关系。我们进行了一项照片声音研究，其中要求 18 名独立生活的老年人（70-85 岁）和 14 名专业人员（社会工作者、住房顾问、社区经理和社区工作者）拍照并讨论他们认为对就地老化重要的地方。基于对数据的理论启发式分析，我们发现专业人员主要考虑社区的客观特征，例如获得设施、流动性和聚会场所，这些是老年人保持独立生活的重要促成因素。对老年人照片和故事的分析表明，他们将就地老化与特定的生活体验和对特定的、无形的和充满记忆的公共场所的依恋联系起来。我们的结论是，探索这些体验有助于增加当前关于老年人对场所依恋的知识。
