Citation

Au AM, Chan SC, Yip HM, Kwok JY, Lai KY, Leung KM, Lee AL, Lai DW, Tsien T, Lai SM. Curr. Gerontol. Geriatr. Res. 2017; 2017: e6215917.

Affiliation

Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2017/6215917

PMID

28348584

PMCID

PMC5350395

Abstract

Age-friendliness, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to enable and support individuals in different aspects of life for fostering life satisfaction and personal well-being as they age. We identified specific aspect(s) of age-friendliness associated with life satisfaction and examined similarities and differences in age-friendliness and life satisfaction in young-old and old-old adults. Six hundred and eighty-two ageing adults were asked to complete a survey questionnaire consisting of the Age-friendly City Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and sociodemographic variables. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the effects of various domains of age-friendliness on life satisfaction among the young-old adults (aged 65 to 74, n = 351) and the old-old adults (aged 75 to 97, n = 331). Common domains associated with life satisfaction in both young-old and old-old groups were transportation and social participation. Community and health services were associated with life satisfaction for the young-old group only. On the other hand, civic participation and employment was significantly associated with the old-old group only. Social participation is important for the young-old and the old-old. Ageing older adults can be a resource to the society. Implications for promoting and implementing age-friendliness were discussed in the context of successful and productive ageing and the need for a more refined taxonomy of social activities.

Language: en