Effects of a subject‐led social participation program to improve social well‐being of senior citizens in the community
Inhye Kim, Hyunseo An, Sohyeon Yun, Jiwon Shin, Hyun Yang, Hae Yean Park · 2025
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Description
Inhye Kim and co-authors tested a social program in 2025 that lets older adults lead their own group activities. Isolation is a growing risk as populations age. Seniors picked activities from a custom menu and planned them in groups, across twelve sessions over six weeks. Only four seniors took part, all living in smaller cities and socially active less than three times a week.
Well-being, confidence, and loneliness scores all moved in the right direction. Interviews matched the scores: participants felt more woven into society. The authors call the program promising but stress the tiny sample. A larger trial with a control group is needed before wider use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Inhye Kim, Hyunseo An, Sohyeon Yun, Jiwon Shin, Hyun Yang, Hae Yean Park |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |