Third places for older adults' social engagement: A scoping review and research agenda

M Sugiyama, HW Chau, T Abe, Y Kato… - The …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Neighborhood places that facilitate older residents to
meet and interact (third places) receive an increasing research interest as studies have …

Social-ecological factors influencing loneliness and social isolation in older people: a scoping review

DE Meehan, A Grunseit, J Condie, N HaGani, D Merom - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
There are growing calls from researchers and policy makers to redefine loneliness and
social isolation (SI) as public health issues, and to move towards a transdisciplinary …

“Please don't let me become a statistic in this grocery store”: Civic engagement among older Americans since the COVID-19 pandemic onset

J Finlay, M Eastman, L Kobayashi - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted civic life and upended daily routines. Coffee shops,
restaurants, recreation centers, parks, and other 'third places' that facilitate communal …

Ageing in networks: The unbounded geographies of non-migrant and migrant older adults

ELE Ho, V Chua, CC Feng - Progress in Human Geography, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We propose 'ageing in networks' as an optic that shows how the social networks of older
adults extend beyond their residential neighbourhoods to extra-local and transnational …

Meaning of age-friendly neighbourhood: An exploratory study with older adults and key informants in Singapore

MR Bhuyan, AP Lane, A Moogoor, Š Močnik, B Yuen - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores the concept of age-friendly neighbourhood as understood by older
adults and key informants (local service providers, professionals and public officials) in …

[HTML][HTML] Social infrastructure, social cohesion and subjective wellbeing

R Zahnow - Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Neighborhood physical places that bring people together, referred to as social infrastructure,
form the foundation of communities. Studies suggest that by facilitating social encounters …

Life satisfaction and perceived and objective neighborhood environments in a green-accredited township: Quantile regression approach

TH Tan, WC Lee - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The characteristics of one's neighborhood have a significant impact on life satisfaction in
older people, as a properly designed neighborhood can support aging in place. Although …

Exploring built environment correlates of older adults' walking travel from lifelogging images

Y Hou, A Moogoor, A Dieterich, S Song… - … research part D: transport …, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilising time-stamped lifelogging images collected from a sample of 30 older adults in three
neighbourhoods of Singapore, this study explores older adults' daily walking travel patterns …

Leisure sedentary time and physical activity are higher in neighbourhoods with denser greenness and better built environments: an analysis of the Canadian …

I Klicnik, JD Cullen, D Doiron, C Barakat… - Applied Physiology …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Associations of environmental variables with physical activity and sedentary time using data
from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, and the Canadian Urban Environmental …

More Than Aging in Place:“Aging in Networks” in Singapore

S Gao, ELE Ho, V Chua, CC Feng - Annals of the American …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Aging in place has become a popularly accepted logic and practice in both the academic
and policy domains. Older adults' preferred facilities and social networks, however, might not …