The dementia-nature-inclusivity nexus and the needs of people living with dementia.

IF 2.3 3区社会学 Q2 GERONTOLOGY

Ageing & Society Pub Date : 2024-11-11 DOI:10.1017/S0144686X24000199

Sally Stapley, Stephen Page, Hannah Wheat, Steve Owen, Katie Ledingham, Stephan Price, Joanne Connell, Catherine Quinn, Carol Opdebeeck, Christina Victor, Linda Clare

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Understanding how to improve the physical and cognitive accessibility of visitor economy businesses and organisations wanting to offer nature-based outdoor pursuits for people with dementia is key to supporting their inclusion and agency. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand the experiences, needs and preferences of people with dementia participating in nature-based outdoor pursuits in their leisure time. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 people with dementia and 15 family members and subjected to thematic analysis. Four themes related to inclusion for people with dementia and their family members reflected diversity in individual needs and preferences for engaging with nature-based outdoor pursuits, their own adaptations to maintain access including accommodating risk, how cognitive and physical accessibility can be supported by businesses, and which practical and psychosocial barriers prevent inclusion. Learning from people with dementia and their family members has helped bridge the gap to their inclusion in nature-based outdoor pursuits. Their insights will inform the development of such pursuits by businesses and organisations as well as future work into risk decision-making.

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Ageing & Society GERONTOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

8.00%

发文量

144

期刊介绍： Ageing & Society is an interdisciplinary and international journal devoted to the understanding of human ageing and the circumstances of older people in their social and cultural contexts. It draws contributions and has readers from many disciplines including gerontology, sociology, demography, psychology, economics, medicine, social policy and the humanities. Ageing & Society promotes high-quality original research which is relevant to an international audience to encourage the exchange of ideas across the broad audience of multidisciplinary academics and practitioners working in the field of ageing.