Enhancing Mobility in Later Life: Personal Coping, Environmental Resources and Technical Support ; the Out-of-home Mobility of Older Adults in Urban and Rural Regions of Five European CountriesHeidrun Mollenkopf IOS Press, 2005 - Broj stranica: 325 Outdoor mobility in old age is a complex phenomenon. On the one hand, it is a basic human need and means the physical ability to move. On the other, it means the realization of all types of trips out-of-doors, either by foot or by means of transportation. In addition, societal and individual necessities, modern values and economic interests mutually reinforcing each other have resulted in mobility as an ever more important precondition of ensuring the ability to lead an autonomous life and participate actively in society according to one's individual needs. Mobility also promotes healthy ageing, delays the onset of disabilities, and postpones frailty, thereby contributing to subjective well-being and life satisfaction. With advancing age, however, maintaining mobility may become jeopardized because of the increasing risk of physical and sensory impairments. This book includes information on older people's actual out-of-home mobility, on the transportation tools used, the prevalence of typical problems associated with out-of-home mobility, the impact of health, social networks, the home and neighbourhood environments, and psychological aspects on their mobility and activities, differences between urban and non-urban areas, and age and gender differences. In addition, a new model of mobility is suggested and the relation between mobility and quality of life is analysed. The book concludes with implications for social and transport policies, urban planning, and industrial pursuits for meeting the mobility needs of ageing adults. |
Sadržaj
Background Conditions for Outdoor Mobility in Finland Germany Hungary | 11 |
Methodology | 43 |
4 | 62 |
5 | 73 |
2 | 82 |
4 | 90 |
Transport Behaviour and Realised Journeys and Trips | 105 |
2 | 118 |
4 | 190 |
2 | 197 |
5 | 205 |
8 | 214 |
Mobility and the BuiltUp Environment | 221 |
Main Issues of Older Peoples OutofHome Mobility | 243 |
A New Concept of OutofHome Mobility | 257 |
Mobility and the Quality of Life | 279 |
Comfort of journeys | 127 |
5 | 133 |
Health and Leisure Activities | 141 |
2 | 147 |
Psychological Aspects of Outdoor Mobility in Later Life | 173 |
The Mobility Rich and Mobility Poor | 289 |
Summary and Conclusions | 295 |
The MOBILATE Consortium | 319 |
Author Index | 325 |
Uobičajeni izrazi i fraze
accidents age group analyses Baltes behaviour bicycle car drivers cognitive compared control beliefs Cronbach's alpha driving Dutch East Germany effect elderly persons elders environment environmental especially European EUROSTAT external control factors female male female Finnish gender Gerontology Heikkinen higher household Hungarian Hungary Hungary Italy important persons income ISTAT Italian Italy journeys male female male Marcellini mean number MOBILATE project MOBILATE Survey 2000 mode of transportation Mollenkopf motivation Netherlands Nilsiä Note number of trips older adults older persons out-of-home mobility outdoor activities outdoor leisure activities outdoor mobility participating countries passenger pedestrians physical mobility population predictors psychological public transport regarding reported respondents Ruoppila rural areas sample satisfaction scores self-rated social network Statistical subgroups Table Tacken traffic transport modes urban and rural urban areas variables variety of transport visual acuity visumotoric coordination western Germany women younger
Reference za ovu knjigu
Ageing in Society John Bond,Sheila M Peace,Freya Dittmann-Kohli,Gerben Westerhof Ograničeni pregled - 2007 |