Organizational Characteristics of Senior Centers and Engagement in Dementia-Friendly Communities.
Age-friendly
Ecological systems
Organizational capacity
Senior centers
Social capital
Journal
Innovation in aging
ISSN: 2399-5300
Titre abrégé: Innov Aging
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101703706
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
28
11
2022
medline:
31
7
2023
pubmed:
31
7
2023
entrez:
31
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) are systematic and collaborative efforts to make local communities more supportive and inclusive of persons living with dementia and their care partners. This study explores how the organizational characteristics of senior centers influence their engagement in DFCs. We used a partially mixed, concurrent, equal status design, drawing on qualitative interviews with staff from 13 senior centers leading DFC initiatives as part of a statewide dementia-friendly network in Massachusetts, as well as quantitative data from 342 senior centers collected as part of a statewide survey. The qualitative results demonstrated ways in which human, social, tangible, and programmatic capital facilitate senior centers' DFC engagement. In particular, the results illuminated the importance of social capital with organizations and groups outside of the senior center, spanning the municipal, regional, and state levels. Findings from multivariate analyses further indicated robust and strong associations between higher levels of social capital, as well as more dementia-focused programming and greater variety of funding sources, with greater likelihood of engagement in DFC work. Results indicate the importance of policy and practice to foster both organizational capacity and multilevel systems conditions to enable and motivate senior centers' involvement in DFC initiatives.
Sections du résumé
Background and Objectives
UNASSIGNED
Dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) are systematic and collaborative efforts to make local communities more supportive and inclusive of persons living with dementia and their care partners. This study explores how the organizational characteristics of senior centers influence their engagement in DFCs.
Research Design and Methods
UNASSIGNED
We used a partially mixed, concurrent, equal status design, drawing on qualitative interviews with staff from 13 senior centers leading DFC initiatives as part of a statewide dementia-friendly network in Massachusetts, as well as quantitative data from 342 senior centers collected as part of a statewide survey.
Results
UNASSIGNED
The qualitative results demonstrated ways in which human, social, tangible, and programmatic capital facilitate senior centers' DFC engagement. In particular, the results illuminated the importance of social capital with organizations and groups outside of the senior center, spanning the municipal, regional, and state levels. Findings from multivariate analyses further indicated robust and strong associations between higher levels of social capital, as well as more dementia-focused programming and greater variety of funding sources, with greater likelihood of engagement in DFC work.
Discussion and Implications
UNASSIGNED
Results indicate the importance of policy and practice to foster both organizational capacity and multilevel systems conditions to enable and motivate senior centers' involvement in DFC initiatives.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37520857
doi: 10.1093/geroni/igad050
pii: igad050
pmc: PMC10374275
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
igad050Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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