Understanding and Improving Older People's Well-Being through Social Prescribing Involving the Cultural Sector: Interviews from a Realist Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Social prescribing is a non-clinical approach to addressing social, environmental, and economic factors affecting how people feel physical and/or emotionally. It involves connecting people to "community assets" (e.g., local groups, organizations, and charities) that can contribute to positive well-being. We sought to explain in what ways, for whom, and why the cultural sector can support social prescribing with older people. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 28 older people (aged 60+) and 25 cultural sector staff. The following nine concepts, developed from interview data, progressed the understanding of tailoring cultural offers, which came from our previous realist review-immersion, buddying, café culture, capacity, emotional involvement, perseverance, autonomy, elitism, an

SUBMITTER: Gorenberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10262332 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature