Dury
Biographic Data
| ID | 197962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dury |
| FAMILY NAME | Dury |
| SIGNATURE | DURY |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0743-0364 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Role and meaning of physical places of solace for serious illness, death and grief: A qualitative study
Background Civic engagement with serious illness, death, and grief is increasingly being encouraged as a means to increase communities’ death literacy and capacity for support. As part of this movement, third places dedicated to solace for those confronted with serious illness, death and grief are increasingly created. However, how these places are actually used, and their role and meaning for communities remains largely unknown. Aim This study e…
Multidimensional Civic Engagement in Later Life in 32 European Countries—an Exploration of the Roles of Socio-Structural Resources and Welfare State Commitment
This study examines individual socio-structural resources and country-level welfare state commitment in relation to four different aspects of civic engagement in later life. Multilevel logistic regression was used to analyze data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) collected from people aged 65 and over in 32 European countries during 2016–2017 ( n = 9265). On the individual level, socio-structural resources in terms of educational le…
A plurality of place: Towards a more inclusive understanding of older migrants’ civic engagement
Discussions about aging in place and civic engagement often revolve around neighborhoods and local communities. However, for older migrants, this perspective might be restrictive, as they often maintain more mobile and transnational lifestyles. A broader conceptualization of place may therefore be needed to explore their civic engagement. This study focuses on the civic engagement of older migrants and the places in which this engagement occurs t…
Active travel as constrained necessity or choice: Individual and environmental factors among adults with a lower socioeconomic status in peri-urban Flanders, Belgium
“Life Course of Place”: Older Adults' Social Networks and Informal Help Amidst Urban Change
This article examines how older adults, who are long‐term residents in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, engage in informal help amid neighborhood change. While dominant narratives often frame older adults as passive recipients of care, this study highlights their often‐overlooked role as informal caregivers within their neighborhoods. Drawing on 19 life story interviews conducted in two Brussels neighborhoods, Kuregem and Brabantwijk, the study…
Voluntourism placements: Voluntourists’ experiences and learning potential
This paper aims to contribute to the broader understanding of voluntourists’ impressions with voluntourism and how their experiences evolve throughout the volunteering process (pre-, peri-, and post-trip stages). Interviews of Belgian and Dutch voluntourists (n = 21) were analysed thematically, focusing on their overall experiences by questioning success factors, obstacles, and stakeholders’ roles. Results show that providing organisations, host …
Informal caregiving and mental health: Results from the Belgian health interview survey 2013 and 2018
Our findings suggest that the stress of caregiving is more directly related to the nature and intensity of the caregiving tasks themselves rather than the demographic characteristics of the caregivers. Interventions aimed at reducing the adverse effects of caregiving might need to be universally applicable to all caregivers, focusing on reducing the intrinsic burdens of caregiving tasks rather than targeting demographic subgroups
Multi-dimensional civic engagement of older Europeans: A Latent Class Analysis
Civic engagement is increasingly relevant for healthy and active ageing and addressing social exclusion among older people. Current research focuses primarily on formal volunteering, overlooking other ways older people contribute to their families and communities. This study addresses these gaps by recognising civic engagement as multi-dimensional – including associational engagement, informal care-giving, formal volunteering, digital engagement …
Citizens with a caregiving experience in the past year are more likely to participate in neighbourhood activities regarding serious illness, death or loss: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
While death literacy is believed to foster social connections around serious illness, death and loss, limited evidence exists on whether it stimulates neighbourhood participation concerning these topics. This study measured the association between personal experiences with serious illness, death or loss in the past year and neighbourhood participation around these topics, and whether citizens' self-perceived capacity, skills and self-efficacy dev…
Life stories from lonely older adults: The Role of Precipitating Events and Coping Strategies Throughout the Lifecourse
Previous research has highlighted the importance of past life experiences in the theoretical and conceptual understanding of loneliness. However, adding a lifecourse perspective to loneliness research remains underexplored. To comprehend the complexity of loneliness in old age, it is crucial to pay attention to the lifecourse perspective. This study addresses an important lifecourse perspective on loneliness through an in-depth, narrative approac…
How the neighbourhood-built environment shapes loneliness: A photo-elicitation study
Loneliness, though often perceived as an individual experience, is also influenced by the broader context in which individuals live, including the neighbourhood. This study used a participant-generated photo-elicitation approach to understand how structured (e.g., physical infrastructure) and lived (e.g., perceptions, safety, and affordability) characteristics of the neighbourhood-built environment affect loneliness. Eighteen participants (aged 2…
‘You have to let them do it themselves’: Analyzing professional support in a befriending project
In Western welfare states, public and non-profit service organizations are increasingly looking for ways to combine the efforts and expertise of professionals and volunteers to provide support and services to vulnerable target groups. However, little is known about how professionals and volunteers collaborate to provide these social services and support. The aim of this qualitative study is to analyze how professionals support volunteers in a bef…
Determinants of food insecurity among adults residing in peri-urban municipal settings in Flanders, Belgium
Food insecurity is a global public health issue associated with noncommunicable diseases. Individual factors are strongly associated with food insecurity, but there is limited literature on the broader impact of both the social and food environments on food insecurity in non-English speaking European countries, given that the research was predominantly conducted in Anglophone settings. In addition, these studies have mostly been conducted in urba…
Developing a compassionate university: Insights from a longitudinal process evaluation
Compassionate communities are gaining momentum as a new public health approach emphasizing community support during times of serious illness, death, and bereavement. However, evidence on their development, particularly in higher education, is limited. This study investigates the development of a Compassionate University, examining the underlying processes and contextual factors shaping its development. A longitudinal process evaluation was conduc…
Exploring the multiple dimensions of perceived food access in the local food environment in Flanders: Perceptions of adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations
Helping Behavior of Older Adults during the Early Covid-19 Lockdown in Belgium
This study aimed to understand whether older adults not only received but also provided help during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, which factors motivated them to help, and whether older adults differed from younger age groups in terms of helping behavior and motives. Bivariate analyses were performed using data generated from an online cross-sectional survey in Belgium ( N = 1892). The results showed that older adults who received help …
The role of the perceived environment for recreational walking among adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations: A study using walk-along interviews
Perceived environmental factors affect RW among PSEDS and peri-urban settings offer specific challenges. Local governments should incorporate citizen perception into decision-making processes to create supportive environments that have the potential to promote RW among PSEDS in a peri-urban setting
Loneliness in Older Migrants: Exploring the Role of Cultural Differences in Their Loneliness Experience
The results show that the structural factor of the social environment in which older migrants' find themselves, rather than their culture of origin, is more important for older migrants' feelings of loneliness in later life. A favorable social environment with high social capital and low levels of discrimination and ageism protects against loneliness in the ageing population across cultures. Practical implications for loneliness interventions for…
Neighbourhood civic engagement around serious illness, death, and loss: Results of the development of initiatives in two neighbourhoods in Flanders
Introduction/background: Worldwide, civic engagement initiatives concerning serious illness, caregiving, and bereavement are gaining momentum, as a result of the increasing interest in communities addressing challenges around these topics. In Flanders too, a diverse range of civic engagement initiatives are being developed, among which two research-initiated neighbourhood initiatives in municipalities in Herzele and Sint-Kruis (Flanders, Belgium)…
Consolation spaces: Why, how and what? A workshop on the development, experiences, pitfalls, challenges, and opportunities of consolation spaces
A recent groundswell of movements and organisations is rising in Flanders, Belgium, stimulating engagement with serious illness, death, and bereavement. One result is the huge growth of public consolation spaces and concerts. However, it remains largely unknown how consolation spaces and concerts are developed, what actions are taken or how they are used. This workshop discusses the development, use and prospects of consolation spaces and concert…
Attentive visitors: Developing a training program to support community-based volunteers in their palliative care signposting role
Background: Community volunteers often notice palliative care (PC) needs that healthcare professionals (HCP) and family caregivers miss, potentially playing an important signposting role. In order to fulfill this role, volunteers need knowledge about PC needs and community resources; and they should have good relational, communication and observation skills. These skills and knowledge can be enhanced through training. Aims: To develop a training …
What knowledge and skills do community volunteers need to signpost palliative care needs to professionals? A qualitative study
Background: Volunteers often notice palliative care (PC) needs that healthcare professionals (HCP) and family caregivers miss, potentially playing an important signposting role. It is unknown what particular knowledge and skills are lacking and required to optimally fulfil this role in community homecare. Aims: To explore the desired and required knowledge and skills for volunteers to recognize, describe and communicate PC needs to HCPs. Methods:…
Old but not out: Practical and theoretical implications for a caring and compassionate neighbourhood through civic engagement in later life
Background: The importance of civic engagement for caring and compassionate neighbourhoods is often overlooked in public and academic debate. Especially, civic engagement in later life in neighbourhoods is understudied. Research on this topic can shed light on the various obstacles and enablers that can stimulate or hinder civic engagement in later life at the local level. Aim: This workshop gives insight into the processes of in- or exclusion of…
How compassionate is your neighborhood? Results of a cross-sectional survey on neighborhood participation regarding serious illness, death, and loss
We conducted a cross-sectional survey measuring the extent and nature of neighborhood participation regarding serious illness, death and loss and the factors that are associated with it. We distributed the survey to 2324 adult citizens in two neighborhoods in Flanders, Belgium, to which 714 citizens responded (response rate 30.7%). Of the respondents, 42.4% participated in at least one action in their neighborhood around serious illness, death, o…
A compassionate university for serious illness, death, and bereavement: Qualitative study of student and staff experiences and support needs
Serious illness, death, and bereavement are common experiences within the work and study context. This study aims to explore the experiences and support needs of university students and staff confronted with serious illness, death, and bereavement. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 21 students and 26 staff. A thematic analysis resulted in three overarching themes: the university as a high-pressure environment; naviga…
Relationships between the perceived neighborhood social environment and walking for transportation among older adults
Theorising the relationship between older people and their immediate social living environment
This article presents a theoretical framework for exploring the dynamics between older people and their immediate social living environment. After introducing a gerontological perspective that goes beyond microfication, a literature review presents findings from studies that have explored the role of place and locality for older people. Next, this contribution seeks to broaden the conceptual field by introducing key dimensions of the relationship…
Place Attachment Among Older Adults Living in Four Communities in Flanders, Belgium
There is strong evidence that age brings an increasing attachment to social and physical environments. However, the extent to which the experience of place attachment may vary between different types of locations remains underexplored in ageing research. Using a mixed-method approach consisting of two consecutive phases, this article aims to identify contextual factors that either promote or impede older people's attachment to place. In the first…
Perceptual quality of neighbourhood design and feelings of unsafety
This paper takes the quality of life in the neighbourhood as a starting point and appeals to the framework of Age-friendly Cities to gain insights in how ‘the neighbourhood as a physical surrounding’ can either promote or hinder feelings of unsafety in later life. It examines the impact of the perceived design of the neighbourhood on feelings of unsafety in later life. Literature on the relationship between feelings of unsafety and the neighbourh…
Gender-related differences in the relationship between social and activity participation and health and subjective well-being in later life
Meanings of Care Convoys: The Structure, Function, and Adequacy of Care Networks Among Frail, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Researchers propose that the convoy of care model should be used to study care networks of frail, older individuals. Care convoys are defined as the evolving collection of individuals who may or may not have close personal connections to the recipient or to one another, but who provide care, including help with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), socio-emotional care, skilled health care, monitor…
Social Participation in the Daily Lives of Frail Older Adults: Types of Participation and Influencing Factors
Findings advance our knowledge and recognition of the different ways frail older adults participate in society. Despite their frailty, older adults wish to stay socially active. Focusing on the social environment in the frameworks and policies of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities will benefit these individuals
Much Obliged: Volunteering, Normative Activities, and Willingness to Serve on Juries
Although compulsory, many people treat jury duty as voluntary. This article examines the conceptual and empirical links between participating in voluntary activity and stated willingness to serve on a jury. We also consider the role of engaging in other normative behaviors. Analysis of 1,304 US citizens in the Survey of Texas Adults showed an initial relationship between volunteering and willingness to serve, net of personal resources, prior jury…
A compassionate university for serious illness, death, and bereavement: Qualitative study of student and staff experiences and support needs
Serious illness, death, and bereavement are common experiences within the work and study context. This study aims to explore the experiences and support needs of university students and staff confronted with serious illness, death, and bereavement. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 21 students and 26 staff. A thematic analysis resulted in three overarching themes: the university as a high-pressure environment; naviga…
Refining the push and pull framework: Identifying inequalities in residential relocation among older adults
Older people consider moving home when there is a discrepancy between actual and desired living conditions. This study builds on the classic push and pull framework described in the early work of Lee and Wiseman by identifying whether or not individual differences among older people can be predictive for certain push and pull reasons (such as housing, health, neighbourhood and social contact). On the basis of data from the Belgian Ageing Studies …
Relational aspects of mastery for frail, older adults: The role of informal caregivers in the care process
Frail, older care recipients are often thought of as individuals with a decreased mastery of everyday life skills. Various authors have proposed to acknowledge a relational dimension of mastery, defined as the ability to maintain control over one's life with the help of others. This study explores how frail, older adults experience relational aspects of mastery and the role of their informal caregivers in maintaining these aspects of mastery over…
Exploring the multiple dimensions of perceived food access in the local food environment in Flanders: Perceptions of adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations
It’s like a double-edged sword’: Understanding Confucianism’s role in activity participation among first-generation older Chinese migrants in the Netherlands and Belgium
Building a Research Partnership in a Prison Context: From Collaboration to Co-Construction
This research paper describes a framework for building a collaborative research partnership in a prison context. There is an increasing awareness of the added value of partnerships for prison research, but most academics and correctional institutions are not familiar with this methodology. Besides, this paper demonstrates that participatory research in a prison has the potential to increase the response rate and realize a better research design. …
Physical environmental factors related to walking and cycling in older adults: The Belgian aging studies
Urban residents were more likely to walk for transportation daily compared to semi-urban and rural residents. Daily cycling for transportation was less prevalent among urban compared to semi-urban residents. Access to destinations appeared to be important for promoting both walking and cycling for transportation and recreation across all demographic subgroups. Additionaly, feelings of unsafety were associated with lower rates of walking for trans…
Theorising the relationship between older people and their immediate social living environment
This article presents a theoretical framework for exploring the dynamics between older people and their immediate social living environment. After introducing a gerontological perspective that goes beyond microfication, a literature review presents findings from studies that have explored the role of place and locality for older people. Next, this contribution seeks to broaden the conceptual field by introducing key dimensions of the relationship…
Perceptual quality of neighbourhood design and feelings of unsafety
This paper takes the quality of life in the neighbourhood as a starting point and appeals to the framework of Age-friendly Cities to gain insights in how ‘the neighbourhood as a physical surrounding’ can either promote or hinder feelings of unsafety in later life. It examines the impact of the perceived design of the neighbourhood on feelings of unsafety in later life. Literature on the relationship between feelings of unsafety and the neighbourh…
Social participation among older adults living in medium-sized cities in Belgium: The role of neighbourhood perceptions
This study examines the associations between neighbourhood perceptions and social participation in a sample of older adults living in medium-sized cities in Flanders, Belgium. Strong evidence of the influence of place on older people's physical and mental health exists. However, the question of how neighbourhoods promote or hinder social participation remains under-explored in social gerontology. Using data generated from the Belgian Ageing Studi…
Place Attachment Among Older Adults Living in Four Communities in Flanders, Belgium
There is strong evidence that age brings an increasing attachment to social and physical environments. However, the extent to which the experience of place attachment may vary between different types of locations remains underexplored in ageing research. Using a mixed-method approach consisting of two consecutive phases, this article aims to identify contextual factors that either promote or impede older people's attachment to place. In the first…
Relationships between the perceived neighborhood social environment and walking for transportation among older adults
Much Obliged: Volunteering, Normative Activities, and Willingness to Serve on Juries
Although compulsory, many people treat jury duty as voluntary. This article examines the conceptual and empirical links between participating in voluntary activity and stated willingness to serve on a jury. We also consider the role of engaging in other normative behaviors. Analysis of 1,304 US citizens in the Survey of Texas Adults showed an initial relationship between volunteering and willingness to serve, net of personal resources, prior jury…
Building a Research Partnership in a Prison Context: From Collaboration to Co-Construction
This research paper describes a framework for building a collaborative research partnership in a prison context. There is an increasing awareness of the added value of partnerships for prison research, but most academics and correctional institutions are not familiar with this methodology. Besides, this paper demonstrates that participatory research in a prison has the potential to increase the response rate and realize a better research design. …
Socio-demographic, socio-economic and health need differences between types of care use in community-dwelling older adults
This article aims to identify relations between socio-demographic/socio-economic characteristics and the use of informal and formal care. All analyses were performed on data from the Belgian Ageing Studies, a survey among community-dwelling older people (60+) in Belgium. Latent class analyses were used to identify types of care use and bivariate analyses were used to assess differences within these types. Eight different types were identified. Re…
Refining the push and pull framework: Identifying inequalities in residential relocation among older adults
Older people consider moving home when there is a discrepancy between actual and desired living conditions. This study builds on the classic push and pull framework described in the early work of Lee and Wiseman by identifying whether or not individual differences among older people can be predictive for certain push and pull reasons (such as housing, health, neighbourhood and social contact). On the basis of data from the Belgian Ageing Studies …
Detecting frail, older adults and identifying their strengths: Results of a mixed-methods study
The findings indicate that frailty among older individuals can be considered as a dynamic state and, regardless of frailty, balancing factors are important in maintaining a good QoL. The study investigated not only the deficits, but also the abilities, and resources of frail, older adults. Public policymakers and healthcare organizations are encouraged to include these abilities, supplementary or even complementary to the usual focus on deficits
Relational aspects of mastery for frail, older adults: The role of informal caregivers in the care process
Frail, older care recipients are often thought of as individuals with a decreased mastery of everyday life skills. Various authors have proposed to acknowledge a relational dimension of mastery, defined as the ability to maintain control over one's life with the help of others. This study explores how frail, older adults experience relational aspects of mastery and the role of their informal caregivers in maintaining these aspects of mastery over…
Social participation among older adults in Belgium’s Flanders region: Exploring the roles of both new and old media usage
The media usage of older adults aged 60 and above in the twenty-first century information society is gaining increasing research attention. This research investigates the association between two important aspects in later life, media usage and social participation, among 36,282 home-dwelling adults aged 60 and above in over 138 municipalities of Belgium’s Flanders region. The data are collected through a participatory research method, in which ol…
Social Participation in the Daily Lives of Frail Older Adults: Types of Participation and Influencing Factors
Findings advance our knowledge and recognition of the different ways frail older adults participate in society. Despite their frailty, older adults wish to stay socially active. Focusing on the social environment in the frameworks and policies of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities will benefit these individuals
Meanings of Care Convoys: The Structure, Function, and Adequacy of Care Networks Among Frail, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Researchers propose that the convoy of care model should be used to study care networks of frail, older individuals. Care convoys are defined as the evolving collection of individuals who may or may not have close personal connections to the recipient or to one another, but who provide care, including help with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), socio-emotional care, skilled health care, monitor…
It’s like a double-edged sword’: Understanding Confucianism’s role in activity participation among first-generation older Chinese migrants in the Netherlands and Belgium
Gender-related differences in the relationship between social and activity participation and health and subjective well-being in later life
Helping Behavior of Older Adults during the Early Covid-19 Lockdown in Belgium
This study aimed to understand whether older adults not only received but also provided help during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium, which factors motivated them to help, and whether older adults differed from younger age groups in terms of helping behavior and motives. Bivariate analyses were performed using data generated from an online cross-sectional survey in Belgium ( N = 1892). The results showed that older adults who received help …
The role of the perceived environment for recreational walking among adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations: A study using walk-along interviews
Perceived environmental factors affect RW among PSEDS and peri-urban settings offer specific challenges. Local governments should incorporate citizen perception into decision-making processes to create supportive environments that have the potential to promote RW among PSEDS in a peri-urban setting
Loneliness in Older Migrants: Exploring the Role of Cultural Differences in Their Loneliness Experience
The results show that the structural factor of the social environment in which older migrants' find themselves, rather than their culture of origin, is more important for older migrants' feelings of loneliness in later life. A favorable social environment with high social capital and low levels of discrimination and ageism protects against loneliness in the ageing population across cultures. Practical implications for loneliness interventions for…
Neighbourhood civic engagement around serious illness, death, and loss: Results of the development of initiatives in two neighbourhoods in Flanders
Introduction/background: Worldwide, civic engagement initiatives concerning serious illness, caregiving, and bereavement are gaining momentum, as a result of the increasing interest in communities addressing challenges around these topics. In Flanders too, a diverse range of civic engagement initiatives are being developed, among which two research-initiated neighbourhood initiatives in municipalities in Herzele and Sint-Kruis (Flanders, Belgium)…
Consolation spaces: Why, how and what? A workshop on the development, experiences, pitfalls, challenges, and opportunities of consolation spaces
A recent groundswell of movements and organisations is rising in Flanders, Belgium, stimulating engagement with serious illness, death, and bereavement. One result is the huge growth of public consolation spaces and concerts. However, it remains largely unknown how consolation spaces and concerts are developed, what actions are taken or how they are used. This workshop discusses the development, use and prospects of consolation spaces and concert…
Attentive visitors: Developing a training program to support community-based volunteers in their palliative care signposting role
Background: Community volunteers often notice palliative care (PC) needs that healthcare professionals (HCP) and family caregivers miss, potentially playing an important signposting role. In order to fulfill this role, volunteers need knowledge about PC needs and community resources; and they should have good relational, communication and observation skills. These skills and knowledge can be enhanced through training. Aims: To develop a training …
What knowledge and skills do community volunteers need to signpost palliative care needs to professionals? A qualitative study
Background: Volunteers often notice palliative care (PC) needs that healthcare professionals (HCP) and family caregivers miss, potentially playing an important signposting role. It is unknown what particular knowledge and skills are lacking and required to optimally fulfil this role in community homecare. Aims: To explore the desired and required knowledge and skills for volunteers to recognize, describe and communicate PC needs to HCPs. Methods:…
Old but not out: Practical and theoretical implications for a caring and compassionate neighbourhood through civic engagement in later life
Background: The importance of civic engagement for caring and compassionate neighbourhoods is often overlooked in public and academic debate. Especially, civic engagement in later life in neighbourhoods is understudied. Research on this topic can shed light on the various obstacles and enablers that can stimulate or hinder civic engagement in later life at the local level. Aim: This workshop gives insight into the processes of in- or exclusion of…
Psychology (30 works) · Medicine (28 works) · Gerontology (22 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (18 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (9 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Nursing (8 works)