Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 17, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124304
Keywords
active aging; age-friendly city; health-related quality of life (HRQoL); well-being; life satisfaction; older adults
Funding
- Taipei Medical University [TMU107-AE1-B12]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST 107-2410-H-038-015]
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This study aims to identify the typology of city-level active aging and age-friendliness across cities in Taiwan and examine their effects on well-being in terms of life satisfaction (aged 55 and over) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (aged 65 and over) among older adults. The data were from the 2017 Taiwan Senior Citizen Condition Survey. Available indicators of Taiwan's Active Aging Index and city age-friendliness were selected, and mixed linear models were analyzed. Active aging cities were classified into four categories-content, developed, participatory,andpioneer-and age-friendly cities intoinsecure,infrastructural, andtranquil. Life satisfaction was rated higher incontentandparticipatorycities compared withthe pioneercity, and related to individuals' active aging status. Physical HRQoL was rated higher ininfrastructuralandtranquilcities, compared withinsecurecities. City types of active aging and age-friendliness have different effects on well-being, but the effects are weaker than those of individuals' characteristics.
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