Contextual Factors for Aging Well: Creating Socially Engaging Spaces Through the Use of Deliberative Dialogues | Zendy

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Contextual Factors for Aging Well: Creating Socially Engaging Spaces Through the Use of Deliberative Dialogues

Author(s) -

Sarah L. Canham,

Mei Lan Fang,

Lupin Battersby,

Ryan Woolrych,

Judith Sixsmith,

Tori Hui Ren,

Andrew Sixsmith

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnx121

Subject(s) - public relations , service provider , stakeholder , business , amenity , service delivery framework , service (business) , sociology , knowledge management , marketing , political science , finance , computer science

Home and community engagement are key contextual factors for aging well, particularly for older adults in vulnerable social positions. A community-based participatory action research project conducted in Western Canada examined how to best use the shared amenity spaces in a low-income seniors' apartment complex in order to connect services and programs with tenants and to provide opportunities for service providers and local stakeholders to build upon and create new relationships toward collaboration and service delivery.

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