Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts

Siqiang Wang (), Esther Hiu Kwan Yung, Ester Cerin, Yifan Yu and Peiheng Yu
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Siqiang Wang: Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Esther Hiu Kwan Yung: Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Ester Cerin: Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Yifan Yu: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Peiheng Yu: Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-24

Abstract: Community facilities are an important element that supports older people’s daily life and promotes their well-being. However, there is a dearth of comprehensive studies on the effect of planning and design of different types of community facilities on older people’s usage patterns and satisfaction. This study aims to provide a framework to explore the relationship among the planning of community facilities, older people’s usage and satisfaction level and well-being for different types of community facilities. Both spatial analysis and questionnaire survey ( n = 497) methods are employed in this study. This study finds that commercial (89.34%), municipal (83.10%) and leisure (88.13%) facilities are most commonly used by older people. This study suggests that older people’s frequency of visiting community facilities is mainly affected by the purpose of visiting a community facility. Planning and design quality of the community facility are found to be significantly associated with older people’s satisfaction level with using a community facility. In addition, older people’s higher satisfaction level and usage level of community facilities could increase their physical and psychological well-being. The findings of this study not only contribute to the knowledge gap of older people’s usage and satisfaction with using community facilities but also suggest that planners should aim toward a better distribution of community facilities to improve older adults’ well-being.

Keywords: community facility; usage pattern; well-being; older people; urban old district (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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