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SENIOR AUSTRALIANS WHO JOIN GROUPS: EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Author(s) -
James C.,
Swindell R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1992.tb00568.x
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , set (abstract data type) , join (topology) , gerontology , quality (philosophy) , social relation , focus group , social psychology , medicine , business , marketing , computer science , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , combinatorics , psychotherapist , programming language
The importance of physical, intellectual and social stimulation in promoting quality of life amongst older people has long been recognised. The role of voluntary groups in contributing to quality of life has not been identified. This project set out to identify the effects on perceived quality of life for 78 people belonging to a range of different types of groups: those with a focus on intellectual stimulation, social interaction only, and voluntary ‘helping’ activities. Subsequently an artificially constructed group comprising frail elderly people with major illnesses was established to test whether quality of life factors associated with groups could be integrated into the lives of socially isolated individuals.