Senior Centers and Older Adults' Health Outcomes

老年人中心和老年人的健康结果

• 批准号: 10666632
• 负责人: Hui Xie
• 金额: $ 18.13万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-15 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10666632
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The American population is aging at an accelerated pace as the baby boomer generation enters into late adulthood. By the end of 2030, individuals aged 65+ will account for 20.6% of U.S. population, up from 16.9% in 2020 and 12.4% in 2000. In contrast to the growing aging population is a limited amount of public recreational resources dedicated to older adults. Given that older adults usually have abundant free time and quality leisure engagement contributes to healthy aging, there is an urgent need to provide effective leisure services and programs for healthy aging based on rigorous research. Senior centers represent an important public and affordable leisure option for older adults. Through a diverse offering of recreational and healthrelated programs, senior centers have the potential to enhance the health and well-being of older adults. However, there remains a scarcity of research on the impact of senior center on older adults’ health in the United States. Additionally, there are limited scientific guidelines on how to design the physical (e.g., amenities) and social (e.g., programs, staffing) environments at senior centers to effectively promote healthy aging. Therefore, we propose to examine the impact of senior center use on older adults’ health and how senior center’s physical and social environmental attributes affect older adults’ health outcomes over time. The specific aims are: 1) To describe the variation in senior centers’ physical and social environmental attributes in relation to community-level socioeconomic status over time; 2) To assess the association between senior center perception, use, and older adults’ physical and mental health over time for different age groups (≤74 vs. ≥75) and genders; 3) To identify the specific physical and social environmental attributes that optimize health outcomes for different age groups (≤74 vs. ≥75) and genders. The study aims will be addressed by 2 waves of panel data collected using surveys and field observation at approximately 20 diverse senior centers in Southern California. Approximately 75 users will be sampled at each center (i.e., a total of 1,500 users). The study finding will provide important empirical evidence regarding the impact of senior centers on healthy aging and potential disparities in aging-related resources to assist in policy and decision making related to aging. Furthermore, this study will offer direct implications to parks and recreation and public health agencies on how to design and optimize the amenities and programs/services at senior centers to achieve optimal health outcomes for older adults.

项目概要/摘要 随着婴儿潮一代进入老龄化时代，美国人口老龄化速度加快 到 2030 年底，65 岁以上人口将占美国人口的 20.6%。 2020 年为 16.9%，2000 年为 12.4%。与不断增长的老龄化人口形成鲜明对比的是，公共服务数量有限 专门为老年人提供的娱乐资源 鉴于老年人通常有丰富的空闲时间和时间。 优质休闲参与有助于健康老龄化，迫切需要提供有效的休闲 基于严格研究的健康老龄化服务和计划是一项重要的工作。 通过提供多样化的娱乐和健康相关项目，老年人中心有潜力提高老年人的健康和福祉。 然而，目前关于老年中心对老年人健康影响的研究仍然很少。 此外，关于如何设计物理的科学指南也很有限（例如， 老年人中心的设施）和社会（例如，项目、人员配置）环境，以有效促进健康 因此，我们建议研究老年中心的使用对老年人健康的影响以及如何影响。 随着时间的推移，老年人中心的物理和社会环境属性会影响老年人的健康结果。 具体目标是： 1) 描述老年中心物理和社会环境属性的变化 2）评估高级人员之间的关联 不同年龄组（≤74 岁 vs. ≥75) 和性别；3) 确定优化健康的具体物理和社会环境属性 不同年龄组（≤74 岁 vs. ≥75 岁）和性别的结果 该研究目标将通过两波研究来实现。 通过调查和实地观察在大约 20 个不同的老年中心收集的面板数据 南加州。每个中心将抽取大约 75 个用户（即总共 1,500 个用户）。 研究结果将为老年中心对健康老龄化的影响提供重要的经验证据 老龄化相关资源的潜在差异，以协助制定与老龄化相关的政策和决策。 此外，这项研究将为公园、娱乐和公共卫生机构提供直接影响： 设计和优化老年人中心的设施和项目/服务，以实现最佳健康 老年人的结果。