Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa, Hamilton, New Zealand.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022 Dec 29;77(12):2265-2275. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbac092.
This study examined a Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand) age-friendly housing development. Two Māori community groups worked with multiple stakeholders to codesign a culture-centered, kaumātua (older adults) urban housing community. The purpose was to identify codesign and culture-centered principles in the development.
Kaupapa Māori (Māori-centered) and participatory research methodologies guided the culture-centered research design. Data collection included 27 interviews with 19 residents and 12 organizational stakeholders; three focus groups with residents' families, service providers, and nonresident kaumātua (n = 16); and project documents. Data analysis used the framework method.
Three codesign process themes emerged: (a) Kaumātua-centered vision; (b) realizing the vision; and (c) living the shared vision.
Accounting for cultural practices in codesigning age-friendly and culture-centered housing for and with Indigenous older adults helps meet their cultural, social, health, and economic needs. The research offers a practical pathway to developing age-friendly housing environments for Māori kaumātua, their communities, wider society, and other Indigenous people.
本研究考察了一个毛利人(新西兰原住民)宜居住房开发项目。两个毛利社区团体与多个利益相关者合作,共同设计了一个以文化为中心、面向老年人的城市住房社区。目的是确定该开发项目中的共同设计和以文化为中心的原则。
毛利人中心(毛利人中心)和参与式研究方法指导了以文化为中心的研究设计。数据收集包括对 19 名居民和 12 名组织利益相关者的 27 次访谈;与居民家属、服务提供者和非居民老年人(n = 16)进行的三次焦点小组讨论;以及项目文件。数据分析采用框架方法。
出现了三个共同设计过程主题:(a)以老年人为中心的愿景;(b)实现愿景;和(c)共同实现愿景。
在为和与原住民老年人共同设计适合他们的宜居和以文化为中心的住房时,考虑到文化习俗有助于满足他们的文化、社会、健康和经济需求。该研究为毛利老年人、他们的社区、更广泛的社会和其他原住民提供了一种实用的途径,以开发适合老年人的住房环境。