TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating Exercise Spaces in Parks for Older Adults With Fitness, Rehabilitation, and Play Elements
T2 - A Review and Perspective
AU - Lee, Janet Lok Chun
AU - Ho, Rainbow Tin Hung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/2/24
Y1 - 2022/2/24
N2 - Parks usually create a protective playground space for children to perform physical activity like jumping, running, and climbing. Specific spaces have rarely been created for older adults to perform physical activity in public parks. Now that park designs increasingly include outdoor exercise spaces for older adults, yet the important elements or considerations when designing this space remain unclear. Here, we present the emerging importance of and evidence for creating well-designed activity spaces for senior citizens in public parks in the era of population aging.
AB - Parks usually create a protective playground space for children to perform physical activity like jumping, running, and climbing. Specific spaces have rarely been created for older adults to perform physical activity in public parks. Now that park designs increasingly include outdoor exercise spaces for older adults, yet the important elements or considerations when designing this space remain unclear. Here, we present the emerging importance of and evidence for creating well-designed activity spaces for senior citizens in public parks in the era of population aging.
KW - active life/physical activity
KW - aging
KW - community
KW - prevention
KW - rehabilitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127052246&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/23337214221083404
DO - 10.1177/23337214221083404
M3 - Comment/debate/erratum
AN - SCOPUS:85127052246
SN - 2333-7214
VL - 8
JO - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
JF - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
ER -