Aging Well in an Intentional Intergenerational Community
Meaningful Relationships and Purposeful Engagement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha Bauman Power (Illinois State University, corresponding author), Brenda Krause Eheart, David Racine, Niranjan S Karnik (0000-0001-7650-3008) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 7-25 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1535-0770 • E-ISSN: 1535-0932 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j194v05n02_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1534263042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 25 |
The graying of the world's population is producing dramatic age trends that are creating both challenges and opportunities. Major transitions in later life too often lead to social isolation, depression, and illness. The older adults at Hope Meadows, an intentional intergenerational community in the United States, seem to be defying a degenerative model of aging. They have found ways to overcome pain, discomfort, and disability. Using an interpretive ethnographic framework, we examined the connections between meaningful intergenerational relationships, purposeful engagement in an intentional community, and aging well
Developmental psychology · Ethnography · Population · Population ageing · Psychiatry · Social isolation · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |