scholarly journals Daily Social Life of Older Adults and Vulnerabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Hao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
The Social

Introduction: The social integration of older adults is crucial for understanding their risk of infection and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the social lives of older adults differ, which means they are not all vulnerable to COVID-19 in the same way. This study analyzes everyday time use and social contacts of older adults to inform discussions of their vulnerabilities during the pandemic.Methods: Using the 2019 American time use survey (N = 4,256, aged 55 and older), hurdle model regressions were used to examine the relationship between age, gender, and six indicators of the degree of social contact and time use, including (1) time alone, (2) time spent with family members, (3) time spent with non-family members, (4) time spent with people in the same household, (5) number of public spaces visited, and (6) time spent in public spaces.Results: Results showed substantial heterogeneity in everyday time use and social contacts. Time in public places gradually decreased from the oldest-old (85 years or older), old-old (75–84 years), to mid-life (55–64 years) adults. The gaps were not explained by age differences in sociodemographic characteristics and social roles. Compared with mid-life adults, time with family members of the young-old and old-old adults decreased, but time with non-family members increased. Age differences in social roles over the life course partially explained the differences.Conclusions: Should these patterns of time use and social contacts persist during COVID-19; then, such variations in the organization of social life may create different exposure contexts and vulnerabilities to social distancing measures among older adults; such information could help inform interventions to better protect this population.

Change in the social life of urban public spaces: The rise of mobile phones and women, and the decline of aloneness over 30 years

Urban Studies ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1489-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith N Hampton ◽  
Lauren Sessions Goulet ◽  
Garrett Albanesius
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Social

Age Differences in the Social Associative Learning of Trust Information

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendra Leigh Seaman ◽  
Alexander P. Christensen ◽  
Katherine Senn ◽  
Jessica Cooper ◽  
Brittany Shane Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Trust Game ◽  
Time Model ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Cortical Areas ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Over Time

Trust is a key component of social interaction. Older adults, however, often exhibit excessive trust relative to younger adults. One explanation is that older adults may learn to trust differently than younger adults. Here, we examine how younger (N=33) and older adults (N=30) learn to trust over time. Participants completed a classic iterative trust game with three partners. Younger and older adults shared similar amounts but differed in how they shared money. Compared to younger adults, older adults invested more with untrustworthy partners and less with trustworthy partners. As a group, older adults displayed less learning than younger adults. However, computational modeling shows that this is because older adults are more likely to forget what they have learned over time. Model-based fMRI analyses revealed several age-related differences in neural processing. Younger adults showed prediction error signals in social processing areas while older adults showed over-recruitment of several cortical areas. Collectively, these findings suggest that older adults attend to and learn from social cues differently from younger adults.

scholarly journals Conviviality as a Spatial Planning Goal for Public Open Spaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4382-4387
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern Democracy ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Tendency ◽  
Public Open Spaces

Conviviality is a popular concept in urban design while referring to the good qualities of public spaces. This concept is the need for current times when social life in physical public spaces is declining away largely to forces like social media and the virtual world. The human tendency to feel satisfied and happy exists in existence with others. The social media has taken away the role that established Greek agora as the first centre of public interaction which initiated the concepts of modern democracy. Where popular public spaces have big roles to perform, the small public spaces in the neighbourhood and markets perform an important role to stage the everyday local nuisance in people's life. Even If public space is satisfactory enough to take away the loneliness and boredom of everyday course of modern living a lot can be achieved. Conviviality is one such factor which helps to elevate the satisfaction of spending time with others. This paper is an attempt to understand conviviality and relate it to public open spaces from the physical planning point of view.

scholarly journals The Association of Frailty with Poverty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Audai A. Hayajneh ◽  
Mohammad Rababa
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Financial Issues

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Suffering from both frailty and poverty may have significant negative consequences on older adults’ lives. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review to investigate the relationship between frailty and low income among older adults. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This systematic review was guided by the PRISMA guidelines and was aimed at exploring the frailty in older adults with low income and evaluating the robustness of the synthesis. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies published in English between 2008 and 2020 were identified using search terms entered into the following databases: CINAHL, Medline, Google Scholar, and PubMed. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Nine articles met the inclusion criteria. This review revealed a positive relationship between frailty and poverty. Such a relationship could be explained through 3 dimensions of the relationship between frailty and poverty among older adults identified based on the findings of the reviewed studies. <b><i>Discussion/Conclusion:</i></b> The social life, environmental conditions, and financial issues were positively correlated and coexisted with both frailty and poverty. Frailty should be treated on a holistic basis, considering financial issues. Among these financial issues is poverty, which disrupts older adults’ social activities, hinders them from building successful social relationships, and reduces their quality of life.

scholarly journals Physical and Mental Health Differences Reported by Three Age Groups of Older Adults With Diabetes

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 233372142110558
Author(s):  
Jungjoo Lee ◽  
Junhyung Kim ◽  
Richard Holden
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Health Differences ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Univariate Analyses

Most studies have classified older adults with diabetes into one group despite substantial variation in health status across different stages of late adulthood. In this study, we examined difference in self-reported physical and mental health among three age groups of older adults with diabetes. Using data from the 2016 National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, Wave 3, we classified 424 individuals diagnosed with diabetes into three age groups, young-old (YO): 50–64 years; middle-old (MO): 65–74; and oldest old (OO): 75+ years. A one-way multivariate analysis of covariance was used to assess group differences, followed by univariate analyses. The results indicate that the YO group reported significantly lower physical health and higher depression than the MO group and higher levels of loneliness than the MO and OO groups. These findings indicate that physical and mental health may differ among different age groups of older adults with diabetes and suggest that the YO might be more vulnerable to diminished physical and mental health than the other age groups.

scholarly journals Social Networks among the Older Chinese Population in the USA: Findings from the PINE Study

Gerontology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
XinQi Dong ◽  
E-Shien Chang
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Older Chinese

Background: Social network research has become central to studies of health and aging. Its results may yield public health insights that are actionable and improve the quality of life of older adults. However, little is known about the social networks of older immigrant adults, whose social relationships often develop in the context of migration, compounded by cultural and linguistic barriers. Objectives: This report aims to describe the structure, composition, and emotional components of social networks in the Chinese aging population of the USA, and to explore ways in which their social networks may be critical to their health decision-making. Methods: Our data come from the PINE study, a population-based epidemiological study of community-dwelling older Chinese American adults, aged 60 years and above, in the greater Chicago area. We conducted individual interviews in participants' homes from 2011 until 2013. Based on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics, this study computed descriptive statistics and trend tests for the social network measures adapted from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project study. Results: The findings show that older Chinese adults have a relatively small social network in comparison with their counterparts from other ethnic and racial backgrounds. Only 29.6% of the participants could name 5 close network members, and 2.2% could name 0 members. Their network composition was more heavily kin oriented (95.0%). Relationships with network members differed according to the older adults' sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Subgroup variations included the likelihood of discussing health-related issues with network members. Conclusion: This study highlights the dynamic nature of social networks in later-life Chinese immigrants. For healthcare practitioners, developing cost-effective strategies that can mobilize social network support remains a critical undertaking in health intervention. Longitudinal studies are needed to examine the causal impact of social networks on various domains of health.

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Correlates of Healthy Aging Among Older Cambodians

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 398-399
Author(s):  
Kakada Kuy ◽  
Yuekang Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
The Social

Abstract Healthy aging is one of the most critical goals to attain on the World Health Organization’s global aging agenda for developing countries. However, healthy aging has not been widely studied among the many older adults living in those nations. For example, most of the Cambodia’s economically deprived older adults earn less than a dollar a day, while little scientific evidence is known about their healthy aging situation and their support system. Our study aimed to examine socioeconomic correlates of healthy aging among older Cambodians in three provinces. Data of a sample of older Cambodians ages 60 and above (N=210) from 12 districts were collected. Healthy aging was measured using the Healthy Ageing Index developed based on a Southeast Asian context. We measured social support using the Social Network and Social Support scale. Financial conditions were measured by an index derived from subjective and objective measurements. Multilevel mixed-effects models showed that better social supports from friends and family members, better financial conditions and education were associated with improved health aging among older Cambodians. Supports from friends had a stronger relationship than supports from family members. As one of the first studies examine the social determinants of health among older Cambodians, this study adds to the literature by substantiating the important roles of financial conditions and social support in determining their health and well-being. Findings point to the importance of improving living standard and maintaining social support of the older population in the country.

scholarly journals Social Network Characteristics Predict Loneliness in Older Adults

Gerontology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hairin Kim ◽  
Seyul Kwak ◽  
Yoosik Youm ◽  
Jeanyung Chey
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Critical Pathway ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Working Status

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Social isolation is detrimental to late-life health outcomes. Although objective social isolation is a major source of perceived loneliness, how different layers of social disconnection systematically constitute the subjective experience of loneliness remains unclear. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This study focused on older adults who participated in the Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP) (<i>n</i> = 1,724; mean age = 72.91 years) and examined how the proximal and distal characteristics of social networks predict loneliness using a hierarchical linear regression model. The study also investigated whether the major loss of social roles (marital and working status) influences perceived loneliness through the proximal and distal aspects of social networks by cross-sectional mediation analysis. <b><i>Results:</i></b> This study found that the proximal (subjective number of connections) and distal (brokerage and embeddedness) aspects of social networks additively explained the frequency of loneliness. Moreover, the loss of late-life social roles (marital and working status) was related to an increase in loneliness, where the distal characteristic of social networks mediated this relationship. <b><i>Discussion/Conclusion:</i></b> The results of this study suggest that the proximal and the distal characteristic of social networks is a social determinant predicting loneliness in late life. Besides, the loss of bridging and cohesive position among community networks may be a critical pathway to psychosocial transition after marital and working status changes.

scholarly journals INTERAKSI SOSIAL WANITA PENGRAJIN BATIK TERHADAP KELUARGA DI DESA BAKARAN KABUPATEN PATI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ARGHOB KHOFYA HAQIQI
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Household Chores ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

<strong><em>:</em></strong><em> Most of the workers of the home industry of Bakaran batik industry are housewives. Most of their husbands work as farmers or other jobs outside of agriculture. Most batik craft workers are more engaged by women because batik requires precision, tenacity and high perseverance. The problems that occur among women workers are that they are less able to divide their time aside from make batik every day, also have to complete household chores cook, sweep, care for the house and care for children, etc. The purpose of this study was to determine the social interactions between women batik craftsmen and their families. The method used is qualitative methods and result obtained by means of field observations, interviews, and literature studies. The results of this study are that social interaction between women batik craftsmen with their families is well and sometimes conflict occur. Women batik craftsmen hold social contacts and communicate well with family members. The form of interaction between batik craftsmen and families is an associative and dissociative interaction. Associative because there is cooperation and agreement with the family to achieve the goal. Dissociative because there is a dispute between women batik craftsmen and families that sometimes occur resulting in conflict.</em>

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