Exploring aging in place inquiry through the lens of resilience theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13101554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gloria E Stafford (0000-0001-9490-6089, University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author), Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi (University of Northern Iowa) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 42-62 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-0923 • E-ISSN: 0888-2746 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08882746.2019.1689088 |
| OpenAlex | W2988909419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 48 |
Many late-life older adults prefer remaining in one’s home among familiar and comforting surroundings until life’s end. However, this may be a challenging pursuit due to accelerating physical and cognitive declines. Researchers, designers, and care providers grapple to identify strategies which best support aging in place. Resilience theory offers a new lens which has not been explored by previous researchers. Through observations and interviews, we explored what adaptive qualities and actions ten late-life older adults utilized to age in place. Results show that the interviewees applied personal resilience across a range of challenges. We discuss vignettes within a framework of established theories which address successful alignment of person-environment (P-E) transactions and situate our findings within foundational and nascent explorations of resilience theory. We explore the need to investigate resilience as a distinguishable personal factor which greatly impacts late-life aging in place. Because resilience includes protective factors as well as adaptive processes, it adds to the current discourse of how resilient late-life older adults utilize personal agency and goal direction to proactively sustain daily living at home. Finally, we propose the term habitational resilience to encompass the connection between personal adaptiveness and resulting effective interactions within the home environment
Agency (philosophy · Aging in place · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Sense of agency · Social science · Sociology · Successful aging · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |