Lu Shiyu, Chui Cheryl, Lum Terry
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Gerontologist. 2023 May 9;63(4):628-636. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac062.
There is no theoretical framework to guide society to enhance social capital among older adults in the Decade of Healthy Aging. This article aims to advance scholarship by providing a theoretical framework for promoting social capital for healthy aging using timebanking as a case illustration. We provide an integrated theoretical framework to enhance social capital for healthy aging by incorporating 3 core elements: (a) facilitating emotional meaningfulness via social participation for older adults, (b) incorporating older adults as coproducers in community development, and (c) nurturing an inclusive and equitable society. We further demonstrate the utility of the integrated theoretical framework for gerontologists by conceptualizing timebanking as an intervention for enhancing social capital in an aging society.
在“健康老龄化十年”期间，没有理论框架来指导社会增强老年人的社会资本。本文旨在通过以时间银行作为案例来说明，为促进健康老龄化的社会资本提供一个理论框架，从而推动学术研究。我们提供了一个综合理论框架，通过纳入三个核心要素来增强健康老龄化的社会资本：(a) 通过老年人的社会参与促进情感意义；(b) 将老年人纳入社区发展的共同生产者；(c) 培育一个包容和平等的社会。我们进一步通过将时间银行概念化为老龄化社会中增强社会资本的一种干预措施，来证明这一综合理论框架对老年学研究者的实用性。
