The Role of Leisure Engagement in Older Adults Adapting to New Residences and Experiencing Other Transitions during a Pandemic

IF 2.2 3区社会学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Leisure Sciences Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.1080/01490400.2023.2261425

Kristin Prentice, Carri Hand, Laura Misener, Jeffrey Hopkins

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Abstract

AbstractOlder adults experience a transition when moving, and moving during a pandemic creates additional challenges. Leisure activities are linked to providing life satisfaction and maintaining identity among older adults experiencing life transitions such as moving to assisted living, widowhood, and caregiving responsibilities. Despite this link, there is a paucity of literature describing leisure’s role in adapting to new homes. A modified ethnographic approach was used to explore leisure’s role in older adults adapting to moving and other transitions during COVID-19. The analysis revealed that participants used leisure activities to maintain identity and to maintain and establish social circles after moving. We suggest that identity is essential to adaptation and should be added to current conceptualizations. This research has implications for practitioners and policy makers working in the community to address issues older adults may be facing by developing policies and programming that support older adults moving to new neighborhoods.Keywords: Adaptationolder adultsrelocatingtransition Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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大流行期间，休闲活动在老年人适应新住所和经历其他过渡中的作用

老年人在移动时会经历一个过渡期，而在大流行期间移动会带来额外的挑战。休闲活动与提供生活满意度和保持老年人的身份有关，这些老年人正在经历生活转变，如搬到辅助生活，守寡和照顾责任。尽管存在这种联系，但描述休闲在适应新家中的作用的文献却很少。采用改进的民族志方法探讨了休闲在老年人适应COVID-19期间移动和其他过渡中的作用。分析显示，参与者利用休闲活动来维持身份，并在搬家后维持和建立社交圈。我们认为认同对适应是必不可少的，应该添加到当前的概念中。这项研究对在社区工作的从业者和政策制定者具有启示意义，他们可以通过制定政策和规划来支持老年人移居新社区，从而解决老年人可能面临的问题。关键词:适应老年人搬迁过渡披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突。

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Leisure Sciences Multiple-

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5.80

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7.50%

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期刊介绍： Leisure Sciences presents scientific inquiries into the study of leisure, recreation, parks, travel, and tourism from a social science perspective. Articles cover the social and psychological aspects of leisure, planning for leisure environments, leisure gerontology, travel and tourism behavior, leisure economics, and urban leisure delivery systems. Also published are methodological notes and philosophical and policy treatises, calendars of research meetings and conferences, announcements, and book reviews.