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Constructing Well-being Together: Older Adults Engagement in Coproduction Through Volunteering

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Tiffany Knearem,

John M. CarrollAuthors Info & Claims

C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech

Pages 169 - 178

https://doi.org/10.1145/3461564.3461586

Published: 21 June 2021 Publication History

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Many older adults participate in the local community through volunteering, and oftentimes they not only contribute positively to the community, but also become more attuned to an active and healthy lifestyle. Furthermore, engaging in reciprocal activities, known as coproduction, can facilitate older adults to boost their well-being. In this study, we are interested in understanding how older adults engage in coproduction with one another when volunteering, and how these coproductions support their well-being. We conducted interviews and observations with 19 healthy older adults who are part of a local water monitoring volunteer group. Our findings suggest that older adult’s well-being is supported through four facets of coproduction; a sense of purpose, mutual support, engaged problem solving and co-location enabled physicality. We suggest that designing technologies to support coproduction should consider increasing the visibility of synergy as well as bring awareness to coproduction outcomes.

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C&T '21: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech

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DOI:10.1145/3461564

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Roberts DStigall B(2024)Developing Resilience through Retiree VolunteerismCompanion Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces10.1145/3640544.3645243(147-149)Online publication date: 5-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1145/3640544.3645243
Xing YKelly RRogerson MWaycott JAslam K(2024)Designing for Inclusive Experiences: Investigating Opportunities for Supporting Older Adults in Community-based Social ProgramsProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3641892(1-20)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3641892
Rodríguez Caro CRamos Granados YGonzales Mercado DQuezada Angeles J(2023)Participación ciudadana de adultos mayores en modernización estatal: Una revisión de la literaturaLATAM Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades10.56712/latam.v4i5.13214:5Online publication date: 7-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.56712/latam.v4i5.1321

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