Coming of old age: understanding older adults’ engagement and needs in coproduction activities for healthy ageing

Chien Wen Yuan, Benjamin V. Hanrahan, Mary Beth Rosson and John M. Carroll

Behaviour and Information Technology, 2018, vol. 37, issue 3, 232-246

Abstract: We report an investigation of how older adults engage in social activities and community events in support of their mental, physical, and emotional health. We focus on personal and collaborative agency in a community context, and construe health as an outcome that is coproduced by a person and other engaged community members. Using qualitative methods, we investigated the coproduction of health among members of retirement communities and people who are ageing in place. We found that our participants, irrespective of living arrangements, engaged in a diverse range of coproduction activities, including physical, socialising, service, discussion, and interest-based activities. We also identified desired but less-supported coproduction opportunities, such as opportunistic activities and the need to better appropriate social resources to enable coproductions. We draw from these findings to consider design implications of technological support for facilitating older adults to coproduce.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2018.1432686

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