Hatcher Deborah, Chang Esther, Schmied Virginia, Garrido Sandra
Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Aging Res. 2019 Jun 18;2019:2679680. doi: 10.1155/2019/2679680. eCollection 2019.
Continuing to live at home is arguably one of the most important challenges older persons face as they age. The aim of this study was to clarify how older adults conceptualise home through age-related lifestyle changes.
Principles from grounded theory were used to examine the perspectives of 21 older adults obtained from three focus group discussions and 10 in-depth semistructured interviews.
Four major categories were developed: "anchoring self," "enabling freedom," "being comfortable," and "staying in touch." . For the participants in this study remaining at home enabled a sense of independence and freedom, self-worth and identity, comfort, and an ongoing active role in the community. However, some aspects of home could be renegotiated despite changes to living location, with new social connections able to be forged and personal comforts being transferrable. This holds important implications for supporting older persons to both sustain living at home and to adjust to changing circumstances, suggesting the importance of drawing on the experiences of older persons themselves in developing strategies to promote successful aging.
随着年龄增长，继续在家中生活可以说是老年人面临的最重要挑战之一。本研究的目的是阐明老年人如何通过与年龄相关的生活方式变化来理解家的概念。
运用扎根理论的原则，研究了通过三次焦点小组讨论和10次深入的半结构化访谈获得的21位老年人的观点。
形成了四个主要类别：“自我定位”“赋予自由”“感到舒适”和“保持联系”。对于本研究中的参与者来说，留在家中能带来独立感和自由感、自我价值和身份认同、舒适感，以及在社区中持续发挥积极作用。然而，尽管居住地点发生了变化，家的某些方面仍可重新协商，能够建立新的社会联系，个人舒适感也可以转移。这对于支持老年人在家中持续生活并适应不断变化的环境具有重要意义，表明在制定促进成功老龄化的策略时借鉴老年人自身经验的重要性。
