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The Journal on Active Aging brings articles of value to professionals dedicated to older-adult quality of life. Content sweeps across the active-aging landscape to focus on education and practice. Find articles of interest by searching the article archives in three ways: Enter a keyword in the articles search bar; click on search by topic; or type a keyword or phrase in the general search bar at the top of the page.
Topic- Community design
Transforming New York into an 'age-friendly' city: a model program by Marilynn Larkin, MA
By 2030, 20% of New York City’s population will be over the age of 60. Today, life expectancy at birth is 75.7 years for boys and 78.7 years for girls. Most New Yorkers can expect to live well beyond retirement—in fact, close to 12% of the city’s population is over age 65, and in some neighborhoods, the proportion is as much as 20%.
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The great outdoors: a key to promoting physical activity for older adults by Marilynn Larkin, MA
A recent study supports what many active-aging professionals know from experience: Frequent forays outdoors can help older adults maintain functional ability. Researchers found that individuals who left the house every day at age 70 experienced “significantly fewer new complaints” of sleep problems, musculoskeletal pain, urinary incontinence and troubles with activities of daily living when they reached age 77.
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Re-creating 'the backyard' in senior communities by John Paul Carman, FASLA
If asked to choose an outdoor environment in which you feel comfortable spending time, would you, like many people, say your backyard? Think back to when you were growing up. Did you play with friends in your backyard? Were there picnics and barbeques with friends and neighbors? Did you have a garden where you grew vegetables with your grandfather or raised roses with your grandmother? These are great memories that you might try to re-create whenever possible in the places you live.
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Designing landscapes to enhance well-being
Reflecting Absence, New York’s World Trade Center Memorial, will feature pools of water, oak trees and vast open spaces for the sun to shine through. But given the millions invested in this project, are these esthetic touches truly the right ones? Will they resonate with visitors to the memorial? And what will they mean to those who live and work in lower Manhattan? Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD, MPH, a University of California–Irvine social ecologist, may have the tools to answer these questions.
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Community design: the next step to an active society?Philip Bors, Mary Altpeter, Karen Luken, Victor W. Marshall
A relatively new concept in public health, active living integrates physical activity into daily routines. An active lifestyle is particularly important as we age, because physical inactivity and obesity among older adults contribute to preventable diseases, reduced quality of life and premature death.
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