Active aging program in nursing homeseffects on psychological well-being and life satisfaction

  1. Cristina Buedo-Guirado 1
  2. Laura Rubio 1
  3. Cristina G. Dumitrache 1
  4. Juan Romero-Coronado 1
  1. 1 University of Granada, Spain
Revista:
Psychosocial Intervention

ISSN: 1132-0559

Any de publicació: 2020

Volum: 29

Número: 1

Pàgines: 49-57

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.5093/PI2019A18 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

A great number of intervention strategies that provide opportunities to maintain physical, psychological, and social wellbeing have been carried out in order to promote active aging. Most of these strategies are aimed at people without physicalor cognitive dependence, while institutionalized older people have not been considered as a target group. The main objectiveof this study was to analyze the effect of an active aging program on the psychological well-being and life satisfaction ofinstitutionalized older people. A total of 141 participants with adequate psychomotor skills were selected (Mage = 85.50 years,SD = 8.47), and a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group and an experimental group was used. Thecontrol group participated in the traditional limited active aging program offered in long-term care facilities – cognitivestimulation and physical activity – while the experimental group participated in a comprehensive active aging program. Afterthe intervention, participants from the experimental group showed improvements in the mean values of psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction, while no change was found in the control group. The improvements in psychological well-beingand life satisfaction were maintained 12 months later in the follow-up evaluation. This study suggests that the inclusionof a comprehensive active aging program in nursing homes, that comprises actions aimed at promoting empowerment,participation, and social openness, contributes to the maintenance of perceived well-being.

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