Senior citizens are shaping the way neighbourhoods evolve and grow, all in the name of maintaining deeper connections to their communities as they age, according to one Western researcher's work inside a pair of London neighbourhoods.
"We were looking at how the built-in social environment in London either supports or holds barriers to seniors being socially engaged and participating in activities," said School of Occupational Therapy professor Carri Hand, whose work looked at Westmount and Old South neighbourhoods in London. "We focused on social connections and activities, seeing how they interacted."
Through interviews with seniors, and the use of GPS tracking to follow their movements, Hand found older adults are creating our communities through casual social interactions, helping others and taking community action. From those three areas, Hand has revealed some common truths about these particular neighbourhoods.
Seniors expressed deep connections to physical places in neighbourhoods – restaurants, cafes, parks, libraries. Everyday neighbourhood activities, such as shopping or walking, appeared key to maintaining a sense of connection to the neighbourhood and in developing informal social ties.
It turns out old people are not worthless.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Gaaark on Saturday September 16 2017, @02:00AM (1 child)
I think that's why all these kids are on Ritalin etc: today, they're not allowed to play ball games except with a big bouncy ball. They can't climb the monkey bars, etc: they might fall and break an arm (here comes helicopter mom).
They don't seem to be allowed to do anything for fear of the school being sued by Huey UH-1 Mom and Dad.
Kids aren't allowed to be kids anymore: their porcelain dolls on drugs.
Football probably kept me off the streets and doing harm. Let kids get hurt: they'll learn from it and get their cast signed.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Saturday September 16 2017, @07:31AM
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place
of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their
households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They
contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
attributed to Socrates by Plato