Neighborhood attributes security and solidarity promote the well‐being of community‐dwelling older people in the N etherlands

JM Cramm, AP Nieboer - Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine whether the neighborhood attributes solidarity and security positively
affect the well‐being of community‐dwelling older people in the N etherlands after …

[HTML][HTML] How the perceived neighbourhood environment influences active living in older dwellers of an Asian ultra-dense metropolis

E Cerin, CJP Zhang, DW Barnett, RSY Lee, CHP Sit… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The way older adults perceive their neighbourhood environment may determine their levels
of physical activity. We examined the associations of perceived neighbourhood …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood environment and quality of life among community-living older adults in Nigeria: The moderating effect of physical activity

AL Oyeyemi, SM Kolo, AY Oyeyemi, BA Omotara… - Preventive medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding how neighborhood environments are related to older adults' quality of life
(QoL) and physical activity (PA) is important for public health actions on healthy ageing in …

Proximity to facilities and its association with the health-related habits of functionally independent older adults

M Machón, K Vrotsou, I Larrañaga… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim was to examine how proximity to facilities, as a component of community
determinants, is associated with the health-related habits of functionally independent …

Neighbourhood vitality and physical activity among the elderly: The role of walkable environments on active ageing in Barcelona, Spain

O Marquet, C Miralles-Guasch - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigated whether neighbourhood vitality and walkability were associated with
active ageing of the elderly. Immobility, activity engagement and physical activity were …

Neighborhood experiences of people over age 50: Factor structure and validity of a scale

DRY Gan, JC Fung, IS Cho - The Gerontologist, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Various aspects of the neighborhood environment
have been shown to correlate with older adults' health. Socio-ecological models of health …

Older adults' views of the connections between neighbourhood built environment and health in Singapore

MR Bhuyan, B Yuen - Journal of Population Ageing, 2022 - Springer
Increasing life expectancy in cities has heightened the urgency to understand how built
environments affect the various health dimensions of the ageing population. This study …

Effects of perceived neighbourhood environments on self-rated health among community-dwelling older Chinese

M Wong, R Yu, J Woo - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2017 - mdpi.com
In response to the growing number of older people living in cities, the World Health
Organization (WHO) introduced the concept of “Age-Friendly Cities”(AFC) to guide the way …

Cross-sectional associations of neighborhood third places with social health among community-dwelling older adults

AP Lane, Y Hou, CH Wong, B Yuen - Social science & medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Social health is a key aspect of active ageing. The objectives of this study are to investigate
whether and what type of neighborhood third places are associated with positive social …

Neighborhood resources and social participation among older adults: results from the VoisiNuage study

L Richard, L Gauvin, Y Kestens… - Journal of Aging …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This article examined the associations between proximity to selected locations
considered to be conducive to social participation, and social participation itself, in urban …