Effect of music in large activity spaces on the perceptions and behaviours of older adults in China

2022 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 108581
Author(s):  
Jingyi Mu ◽  
Jian Kang ◽  
Zheng Sui
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activity Spaces

scholarly journals Associations between Neighborhood Open Space Features and Walking and Social Interaction in Older Adults—A Mixed Methods Study

Geriatrics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Schmidt ◽  
Jacqueline Kerr ◽  
Jasper Schipperijn
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods

Neighborhood Open Spaces (NOS) such as public spaces around people’s homes, parks and village greens, may support activity and socializing for older adults. These spaces might be especially important for older adults as they typically are less mobile and have smaller activity spaces and social networks than other age groups. The present exploratory sequential mixed methods study investigates the association between built environment features, social interaction, and walking within NOS, among older adults living in a low socio-economic neighborhood in Copenhagen. Interviews, the Community Park Audit Tool, and the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) were used to capture quantitative and qualitative data on 353 older adults (59–90 years old) within 11 NOS. Walking was predicted by the condition and shade along paths, seating and landscaping. Social interaction was negatively associated with walking, suggesting that older adults tend to sit down when engaging in social activities. Interviews highlighted the importance of social interaction within NOS. Future designs of NOS should acknowledge the importance of social meeting places, but at the same time provide walkable spaces for older adults to promote healthy aging.

Neighborhood Disorder and Distress in Real Time: Evidence from a Smartphone-Based Study of Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-541
Author(s):  
Erin York Cornwell ◽  
Alyssa W. Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
New York ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cumulative Exposure ◽  
Neighborhood Disorder ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Ecological Momentary

Socioeconomic disadvantage and disorder in the residential neighborhood have been linked to multiple health risks, but less is known about the relevance of other spaces of daily life. This article considers whether disadvantage and disorder in the immediate context—within or outside of the residential neighborhood—is associated with physiological symptoms indicative of stress and strain. We use data from a study of 61 older adults in four New York City neighborhoods. Participants carried smartphones to capture GPS locations and ecological momentary assessments during the study week. We find that instantaneous exposure to disorder is associated with momentary spikes in pain and fatigue. This is not explained by cumulative exposure to disorder or concurrent stress or fear. Rather, disordered spaces may be physically and cognitively taxing for older adults in real time. We urge further research on short- and long-term health consequences of activity spaces.

scholarly journals Destinations That Older Adults Experience Within Their GPS Activity Spaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana A. Hirsch ◽  
Meghan Winters ◽  
Maureen C. Ashe ◽  
Philippa J. Clarke ◽  
Heather A. McKay
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activity Spaces

scholarly journals Soundscape Evaluation Comparison of Outdoor Activity Space Between Gated and Open Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peisheng Zhu ◽  
Xidong Liu ◽  
Xiaodong Lu ◽  
Fei Guo ◽  
Wanqi Tao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Community Planning ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Activity Space ◽  
Gated Community ◽  
Outdoor Activity ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Sound Environment ◽  
Adults And Children

In communities, outdoor activity space is utilized most often by older adults and children, and the soundscape is very important for its quality. For different community planning modes, such as gated and open communities, focus should be on different soundscape enhancement strategies for outdoor spaces. In this paper, typical samples of activity spaces in a gated community and in an open community were used. The comparison was conducted through soundscape evaluation including an analysis of the dominance of various sound sources, noise annoyance, and the perceptual dimensions of soundscape. The results showed that noise annoyance in the gated community was significantly lower than in the open community, although the noise level was of no significance between the two communities. The community planning mode moderated the relationships among the soundscape perception parameters between the gated and open communities. To reduce noise annoyance in the gated communities, each sound source should be considered; in open communities, traffic noise only should be considered. In a gated community, adding natural sounds to reduce noise annoyance may be a feasible intervention; in an open community, this is not necessary. Besides, there was no relationship between noise annoyance and Eventfulness in an open community, indicating that noise annoyance was insufficient to explain the complex sound environment of the community. China’s community planning will gradually shift from a gated community to an open community, making the soundscape of outdoor activity spaces likely to change dramatically in the future. The findings will help urban designers and managers to adopt targeted strategies to improve the soundscape and quality of life of community-dwelling older adults and children.

scholarly journals Identifying the Daily Activity Spaces of Older Adults Living in a High-Density Urban Area: A Study Using the Smartphone-Based Global Positioning System Trajectory in Shanghai

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5003
Author(s):  
Jiatian Bu ◽  
Jie Yin ◽  
Yifan Yu ◽  
Ye Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
High Density ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Objective Measures ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Global Positioning

The characteristics of the built environment and the configuration of public facilities can affect the health and well-being of older adults. Recognizing the range of daily activities and understanding the utilization of public facilities among older adults has become essential in planning age-friendly communities. However, traditional methods are unable to provide large-scale objective measures of older adults’ travel behaviors. To address this issue, we used the smartphone-based global positioning system (GPS) trajectory to explore the activity spaces of 76 older adults in a high-density urban community in Shanghai for 102 consecutive days. We found that activity spaces are centered around older adults’ living communities, with 46.3% within a 1.5 km distance. The older adults’ daily activities are within a 15 min walking distance, and accessibility is the most important factor when making a travel choice to parks and public facilities. We also found that the travel range and spatial distribution of points of interest are different between age and gender groups. In addition, we found that using a concave hull with Alpha shape algorithm is more applicable and robust than the traditional convex hull algorithm. This is a unique case study in a high-density urban area with objective measures for assessing the activity spaces of older adults, thus providing empirical evidence for promoting healthy aging in cities.

Cognitive control constrains memory attributions

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen M. Kelley ◽  
Larry L. Jacoby
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Cognitive Control

Abstract Cognitive control constrains retrieval processing and so restricts what comes to mind as input to the attribution system. We review evidence that older adults, patients with Alzheimer's disease, and people with traumatic brain injury exert less cognitive control during retrieval, and so are susceptible to memory misattributions in the form of dramatic levels of false remembering.

Cognitive Load Affects Speech Motor Performance Differently in Older and Younger Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1258-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K. MacPherson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Sentence Production ◽  
Movement Duration ◽  
Production Task ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Speech Motor

PurposeThe aim of this study was to determine the impact of cognitive load imposed by a speech production task on the speech motor performance of healthy older and younger adults. Response inhibition, selective attention, and working memory were the primary cognitive processes of interest.MethodTwelve healthy older and 12 healthy younger adults produced multiple repetitions of 4 sentences containing an embedded Stroop task in 2 cognitive load conditions: congruent and incongruent. The incongruent condition, which required participants to suppress orthographic information to say the font colors in which color words were written, represented an increase in cognitive load relative to the congruent condition in which word text and font color matched. Kinematic measures of articulatory coordination variability and movement duration as well as a behavioral measure of sentence production accuracy were compared between groups and conditions and across 3 sentence segments (pre-, during-, and post-Stroop).ResultsIncreased cognitive load in the incongruent condition was associated with increased articulatory coordination variability and movement duration, compared to the congruent Stroop condition, for both age groups. Overall, the effect of increased cognitive load was greater for older adults than younger adults and was greatest in the portion of the sentence in which cognitive load was manipulated (during-Stroop), followed by the pre-Stroop segment. Sentence production accuracy was reduced for older adults in the incongruent condition.ConclusionsIncreased cognitive load involving response inhibition, selective attention, and working memory processes within a speech production task disrupted both the stability and timing with which speech was produced by both age groups. Older adults' speech motor performance may have been more affected due to age-related changes in cognitive and motoric functions that result in altered motor cognition.

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