Rural age-friendly ecosystems for older adults: An international scoping review with recommendations to support age-friendly communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The population of older adults in rural areas is rising, and they experience higher rates of poverty and chronic illness, have poorer health behaviors, and experience different challenges than those in urban areas. This scoping review seeks to (1) map the state of the science of age-friendly systems in rural areas regarding structural characteristics, processes for delivering age-friendly practices, and outcomes of age-friendly systems, (2) analyze strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats of age-friendly system implementation, and (3) make person, practice, and policy-level recommendations to support active aging and development of age-friendly communities.

Methods

An international scoping review was conducted of articles that used age-friendly fra

SUBMITTER: Liebzeit D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162383 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature