Mental well-being for older people

Purpose – Social exclusion and isolation of older people and their mental health are likely to be more significant, interlinked issues for society as countries experience an ageing demographic profile. The authors urgently need to identify effective ways of addressing these challenges that can be easily mobilised to meet diverse needs in different settings. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of sporting memories (SM) work as one approach to help meet this need. This SM work entails the use of sports-based reminiscence to engage with older people experiencing mental health problems. To date this has especially focused on people living with dementia in institutional and in community settings. Design/methodology/approach – The paper sets out the SM idea and discusses lessons learnt from case studies of its application to meet the inclusion and mental health needs of different older people in institutional and community settings. Findings – The evidence from the application of SM work to date is that it is an effective and flexible means of engaging people to improve their social inclusion and mental well-being. It can be readily deployed in various care and community settings. Research limitations/implications – The evidence to date is of case studies of the use of SM work, and, although these are now extensive case studies, further research is needed on the costs and impacts of SM work. Practical implications – SM work is a flexible and readily adoptable intervention to engage older people and help improve their social inclusion and mental well-being. Social implications – SM work can be an important part of meeting some of the challenges society faces with an ageing population profile. Originality/value – This is the first paper to set out the SM work.

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Promotion of mental well-being in older people

http://isrctn.com/ ◽

10.1186/isrctn78426775 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Riku Nikander ◽

Katja Pynnönen

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Well Being

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Mental Well-Being of Older People in Finland during the First Year in Senior Housing and Its Association with Physical Performance

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph15071331 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (7) ◽

pp. 1331 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sinikka Lotvonen ◽

Helvi Kyngäs ◽

Pentti Koistinen ◽

Risto Bloigu ◽

Satu Elo

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

First Year ◽

Senior Housing ◽

Mental Well Being

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Black and minority ethnic older people and mental well‐being: possibilities for practice

Working with Older People ◽

10.5042/wwop.2010.0681 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 32-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jill Manthorpe ◽

Jo Moriarty ◽

Martin Stevens ◽

Shereen Hussein ◽

Nadira Sharif

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

Minority Ethnic

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How COVID-19 affected mental well-being: An 11- week trajectories of daily well-being of Koreans amidst COVID-19 by age, gender and region

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0250252 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. e0250252

Author(s):

Incheol Choi ◽

Joo Hyun Kim ◽

Namhee Kim ◽

Eunsoo Choi ◽

Jongan Choi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Negative Affect ◽

Older People ◽

Early Phase ◽

Well Being ◽

Linear Increase ◽

Distinctive Pattern ◽

Life Meaning ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

Later Phase

The present study examined the daily well-being of Koreans (n = 353,340) for 11 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 20 –April 7). We analyzed whether and how life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and life meaning changed during the outbreak. First, we found that the well-being of Koreans changed daily in a cubic fashion, such that it declined and recovered during the early phase but declined substantially during the later phase (after COVID- 19 was declared world pandemic by WHO). Second, unlike other emotions, boredom displayed a distinctive pattern of linear increase, especially for younger people, suggesting that boredom might be, in part, responsible for their inability to comply with social distancing recommendations. Third, the well-being of older people and males changed less compared to younger people and females. Finally, daily well-being dropped significantly more in the hard-hit regions than in other regions. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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