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Towards a Better Understanding of the Sense of Safety and Security of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

The Case of the Age-Friendly City of The Hague

Towards a Better Understanding of the Sense of Safety and Security of Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

The Case of the Age-Friendly City of The Hague

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The sense of safety and security of older people is a widely acknowledged action domain for policy and practice in age-friendly cities. Despite an extensive body of knowledge on the matter, the theory is fragmented, and a classification is lacking. Therefore, this study investigated how older people experience the sense of safety and security in an age-friendly city. A total of four focus group sessions were organised in The Hague comprising 38 older people. Based on the outcomes of the sessions, the sense of safety and security was classified into two main domains: a sense of safety and security impacted by intentional acts and negligence (for instance, burglary and violence), and a sense of safety and security impacted by non-intentional acts (for instance, incidents, making mistakes online). Both domains manifest into three separate contexts, namely the home environment, the outdoor environment and traffic and the digital environment.

In the discussions with older people on these derived domains, ideas for potential improvements and priorities were also explored, which included access to information on what older people can do themselves to improve their sense of safety and security, the enforcement of rules, and continuous efforts to develop digital skills to improve safety online.

Original article at MDPI; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073960

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OrganisatieDe Haagse Hogeschool
AfdelingFaculteit Sociaal Werk & Educatie
LectoraatLectoraat Urban Ageing
Gepubliceerd inInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health MDPI, Basel, Vol. 18 (2022), Uitgave: 7; artikel nr. 3960
Datum2022-03-26
TypeArtikel
DOI10.3390/ijerph19073960
TaalEngels

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