What are some ways to sustain your relationship?

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-260
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Budson ◽  
Maureen K. O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Important Sense ◽  
Good For

There are many activities that you can enjoy with your loved one. Visiting museums, attending the theater, watching movies, and listening to music are just a few. You may both enjoy having a massage, strolling on a nature walk, or filling in an adult coloring book—even if you never pursued such pastimes before. Exercise is good for everyone and is a wonderful way to spend time with your loved one. Most people enjoy the touch and warmth of human contact and, for couples, sexual intimacy can be an important aspect of your relationship. Lastly, participating in meaningful activities—including research, advocacy, and providing support to others—can provide an important sense of purpose in life for you and your loved one.

What are some ways to sustain your relationship?

2021 ◽  
pp. 249-260
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Budson ◽  
Maureen K. O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
Important Sense ◽  
Good For

There are many activities that you can enjoy with your loved one. Visiting museums, attending the theater, watching movies, and listening to music are just a few. You may both enjoy having a massage, strolling on a nature walk, or filling in an adult coloring book—even if you never pursued such pastimes before. Exercise is good for everyone and is a wonderful way to spend time with your loved one. Most people enjoy the touch and warmth of human contact and, for couples, sexual intimacy can be an important aspect of your relationship. Lastly, participating in meaningful activities—including research, advocacy, and providing support to others—can provide an important sense of purpose in life for you and your loved one.

Perceived barriers and contributors to sense of purpose in life in retirement community residents

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Nathan A. Lewis ◽  
Naomi Reesor ◽  
Patrick L. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Communities ◽  
Retirement Facilities

Abstract Despite the growing use of retirement communities and ageing care facilities, little is known about how residing in retirement residences may impact aspects of older adult wellbeing. Living in these communities may hold particular influence on residents’ sense of purpose, if they feel limited in their opportunities for individual action, or could serve to promote purposefulness depending on the social connections available. The current study sought to explore contributing factors as well as barriers to purpose in older adults living in three continuing care retirement communities. Using brief semi-structured interviews, 18 older adults were asked to describe their purpose in life, community-related activities and any perceived challenges limiting their ability to pursue this purpose. Thematic analysis was used to examine themes common across interviews. Interviews presented a mixed picture of the nature of purposefulness in retirement facilities. Residents espoused several benefits of community living such as social and leisure opportunities, while also noting several obstacles to their purpose, including health concerns and the belief that purpose in life was not relevant for older adults. These findings provide insight into how older adults can derive a sense of purpose from activities within their retirement community and how facilities can better tailor programmes to promote purposefulness and support personally valued roles for residents.

scholarly journals Sense of Purpose in Life Is Associated with Lower Risk of Incident Dementia: A Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Angelina R. Sutin ◽  
Damaris Aschwanden ◽  
Martina Luchetti ◽  
Yannick Stephan ◽  
Antonio Terracciano
Keyword(s):  
Lower Risk ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Total N ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Incident Dementia

Background: A sense of purpose in life has been associated with healthier cognitive outcomes across adulthood, including risk of dementia. The robustness and replicability of this association, however, has yet to be evaluated systematically. Objective: To test whether a greater sense of purpose in life is associated with lower risk of dementia in four population-based cohorts and combined with the published literature. Methods: Random-effect meta-analysis of prospective studies (individual participant data and from the published literature identified through a systematic review) that examined sense of purpose and risk of incident dementia. Results: In six samples followed up to 17 years (four primary data and two published; total N = 53,499; n = 5,862 incident dementia), greater sense of purpose in life was associated with lower dementia risk (HR = 0.77, 95%CI = 0.73–0.81, p <  0.001). The association was generally consistent across cohorts (I2 = 47%), remained significant controlling for clinical (e.g., depression) and behavioral (e.g., physical inactivity) risk factors, and was not moderated by age, gender, or education. Conclusion: Sense of purpose is a replicable and robust predictor of lower risk of incident dementia and is a promising target of intervention for cognitive health outcomes.

Leisure-Related Predictors on a Sense of Purpose in Life among Older Adults with Cancer

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanghee Chun ◽  
Jinmoo Heo ◽  
Sunwoo Lee ◽  
Junhyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Sense Of Purpose

scholarly journals Do care activities by elderly people lead to an increased sense of purpose in life?

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Shota Kuroiwa ◽  
Keiichiro Kita ◽  
Fumiko Watanabe ◽  
Taro Miura ◽  
Maiko Kuroiwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Sense Of Purpose

scholarly journals Perception of COVID-19 Restrictions on Daily Life among Japanese Older Adults: A Qualitative Focus Group Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 450
Author(s):  
Risa Takashima ◽  
Ryuta Onishi ◽  
Kazuko Saeki ◽  
Michiyo Hirano
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Social Risks

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed older adults to health and social risks. This study examined the perceptions of community-dwelling older adults regarding how COVID-19 restricted their daily lives. Six focus-group interviews were conducted with 24 participants (mean age, 78.2 ± 5.5 years) living in urban and rural areas in Japan. Then, a qualitative inductive content analysis was performed. Six themes were generated: “fear of infection and public, watchful eyes,” “consistency in daily personal life,” “pain from reducing my social life,” “readiness to endure a restricted life,” “awareness of positive changes in myself,” and “concern for a languishing society.” There was no change that would make their lives untenable, and they continued their daily personal lives at a minimum level. However, their social lives were reduced, which over the long term can lead to a lost sense of purpose in life. This was reported as an adverse factor in the development of other diseases and functional decline in previous studies. While there is no doubt that infection prevention is important, supporting older adults in engaging in activities that provide a sense of purpose in life could contribute to their present and future overall health including mental health.

Near-Death Experiences and Antisuicidal Attitudes

1993 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Greyson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Paradoxical Effect ◽  
Endorsement Rate ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Near Death Experiences

Near-death experiences (NDEs) have been reported to decrease fear of death and foster a “romanticized” view of death, yet also promote antisuicidal attitudes. This study was an empirical investigation of psychodynamic hypotheses suggested to explain that paradoxical effect, using a thirty-six-item questionnaire constructed for this purpose. One hundred-fifty near-death experiencers (NDErs) and forty-three individuals who had come close to death but not had NDEs (nonNDErs) rated as true or false twelve antisuicidal attitudes that have been hypothesized to result from NDEs. NDErs endorsed significantly more of the antisuicidal statements than nonNDErs, and among NDErs, number of statements endorsed was positively associated with depth of experience. Those antisuicidal attitudes that showed the greatest difference in endorsement rate between NDErs and nonNDErs related to transpersonal or transcendental beliefs. These data support prior naturalistic observations that NDEs foster antisuicidal attitudes by promoting a sense of purpose in life.

scholarly journals The Effects of Retirement on Sense of Purpose in Life: Crisis or Opportunity?

2021 ◽  
pp. 095679762110242
Author(s):  
Ayse Yemiscigil ◽  
Nattavudh Powdthavee ◽  
Ashley V. Whillans
Keyword(s):  
Purpose In Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Instrumental Variable Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Purpose ◽  
Existential Crisis ◽  
Retirement Incentives ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Nationally Representative

Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? Prior research has documented a negative association between retirement and sense of purpose in life, suggesting that retirement could lead people to feel aimless and lost. We revisited these findings using a quasiexperimental approach and identified the causal impact of retirement on purpose in life. In a nationally representative panel of American adults ( N = 8,113), we applied an instrumental-variable analysis to assess how Social Security retirement incentives in the United States drove differences in the likelihood of retirement. Results showed a sizable increase in purpose in life as an outcome of retirement. These improvements were driven by individuals with lower socioeconomic status who retired from dissatisfying jobs. The findings suggest that retirement may provide an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.

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