A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults
Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1. Lived Experience and Successful Aging
1.2. Aging in Place
2. Methods
Search Strategy
3. Results
3.1. Being with People and Pets
“There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of very disadvantaged, lonely, frail older people in town. And in farm houses around outside of the town … we’re not meeting every older person’s need, not by a long shot”[64] (p. 270)
3.2. Doing Activities with and for Others
3.3. Attachment to Place
“If I lived anywhere else, I’d be a nobody. I wouldn’t have the position I do.”Beatrice, 83 years old [21] (p. 303)
4. Discussion
Future Directions
5. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Carver, L.F.; Beamish, R.; Phillips, S.P.; Villeneuve, M. A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults. Geriatrics 2018, 3, 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040075
Carver LF, Beamish R, Phillips SP, Villeneuve M. A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults. Geriatrics. 2018; 3(4):75. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040075
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarver, Lisa F., Rob Beamish, Susan P. Phillips, and Michelle Villeneuve. 2018. "A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults" Geriatrics 3, no. 4: 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040075
APA StyleCarver, L. F., Beamish, R., Phillips, S. P., & Villeneuve, M. (2018). A Scoping Review: Social Participation as a Cornerstone of Successful Aging in Place among Rural Older Adults. Geriatrics, 3(4), 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics3040075