EMPOWERING OLDER ADULTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Empowering older adults so that they can make their own decisions regarding where and how they live is a frequently stated goal that can be difficult to achieve. Programs designed to serve older adults are often limited by regulations, resources, and tension between the desires of an older adult and...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6227036 2023-05-15T16:16:47+02:00 EMPOWERING OLDER ADULTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Glicksman, A 2018-11-11 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6227036/ https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.1372 en eng Oxford University Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6227036/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.1372 © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model) Abstracts Text 2018 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.1372 2018-12-02T01:37:29Z Empowering older adults so that they can make their own decisions regarding where and how they live is a frequently stated goal that can be difficult to achieve. Programs designed to serve older adults are often limited by regulations, resources, and tension between the desires of an older adult and what seems safest and healthiest in the eyes of the professional. Further, true empowerment requires access to reliable information that can be used by the elder to make informed choices as well as connecting with peers who are facing the same challenges. This session presents five papers describing various models aimed at empowering older adults to make their own, informed decisions. Heyn presents a model of empowerment designed to increase the healthy lifespan of older adults by providing tools for better health care decision making and creating more opportunities for managing ones’ own health. Freeman is working with a First Nations community in British Columbia and will discuss a program that reduces social isolation by providing elders a leadership role in the community. Thiamwong’s research examines the use of empowerment as part of a falls prevention program in Thailand. Graham will discuss research on the Village Model—grassroots, consumer-driven, neighborhood groups where older adults are empowered to assist each other to age in place. Finally, Ring, Glicksman and Graham will present findings from a research study conducted in Philadelphia that examined eight different approaches to building neighborhood based programs that integrate service access, socialization, and empowerment of older adults. Text First Nations PubMed Central (PMC) Innovation in Aging 2 suppl_1 370 371 |
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Empowering older adults so that they can make their own decisions regarding where and how they live is a frequently stated goal that can be difficult to achieve. Programs designed to serve older adults are often limited by regulations, resources, and tension between the desires of an older adult and what seems safest and healthiest in the eyes of the professional. Further, true empowerment requires access to reliable information that can be used by the elder to make informed choices as well as connecting with peers who are facing the same challenges. This session presents five papers describing various models aimed at empowering older adults to make their own, informed decisions. Heyn presents a model of empowerment designed to increase the healthy lifespan of older adults by providing tools for better health care decision making and creating more opportunities for managing ones’ own health. Freeman is working with a First Nations community in British Columbia and will discuss a program that reduces social isolation by providing elders a leadership role in the community. Thiamwong’s research examines the use of empowerment as part of a falls prevention program in Thailand. Graham will discuss research on the Village Model—grassroots, consumer-driven, neighborhood groups where older adults are empowered to assist each other to age in place. Finally, Ring, Glicksman and Graham will present findings from a research study conducted in Philadelphia that examined eight different approaches to building neighborhood based programs that integrate service access, socialization, and empowerment of older adults. |
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