Senior centres in the lives of older Americans

Implications for Chinese older adults

Bibliographic Data

ID12914205
AuthorsFengyan Tang (0000-0002-0140-8767, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Pages39-51
Publication date2017-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueChina Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-5098 • E-ISSN: 1752-5101
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17525098.2017.1300367
OpenAlexW2611540328
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited36

As a critical community resource, the senior centre has provided older Americans with a wide array of recreational, nutritional, health, and social service programmes. Funding resources include the Older Americans Act allocations, local organisations and governments, national charities, voluntary associations, and religious associations. The types of programmes offered at a senior centre reflect two models: social agency model or voluntary organisation model. The five most popular programmes are nutrition, health and fitness, recreation, volunteering, and social services. Participation in senior centre activities has positive impacts on the overall well-being of older adult participants. With the rapid growth in the ageing population and improved life expectancy in China, senior centres may serve as a focal point for Chinese older adults by providing a broad spectrum of social services to enhance the well-being of community-dwelling older adults, to support their independence and dignity, and to facilitate ageing in place in later life

Older people · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Gerontology

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