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A simulation of allocation of participants engaging in group activities at community salons: Accessibility and self-stigma.
Social Science & Medicine 2022 January
Community salons are places where older adults receive preventive healthcare and enjoy recreational activities. In Japan, some older adults are reluctant to attend group activity programs at community salons because they do not want to be seen by their neighbors as being elderly who need support from others, even though those activities are meant to prevent functional decline. The phenomenon can be conceptualized as self-stigma of community salon participation, which is a factor explaining why older adults hesitate to participate and some opt for activities at facilities farther away. This paper proposes an allocation problem (considering both accessibility and self-stigma within a Japanese context), demonstrating that participants go to facilities that are farther away, not just those that are closest. The allocation problem is expected to provide local public health agencies with a normative model to assess participants' current allocation (compared with the solutions) and to simulate how best to facilitate older adults' participation or intergroup contact (between those with and without self-stigma). Solutions to the allocation problem are analyzed regarding activity participation, intergroup contact, and distance from participants' home to allocated facilities. Results from the simulation in a virtual city environment show that there could be a segregation of activity groups between people with and without self-stigma. From a comparison among solutions from different geographical settings of residents and facilities, people without self-stigma are less likely to sacrifice their accessibility to allocated facilities in the case of uneven distribution. On the other hand, a larger number of participants with self-stigma is expected, especially in the case of concentrated residential location. The findings suggest that policymakers should consider both the geographical distribution of residents and facilities, the impact of self-stigma, and intergroup contact when they discuss how the policies for older adults' social participation can best result in greater social benefits.
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