TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of older people and their sense of developing wellbeing, including consideration of the strategies they employ to respond to perceived risk.Design/methodology/approach An Appreciative Inquiry study was used, which collected data with 58 participants in focus group and individual interviews. Interviews focussed on ways in which older people in South Africa, Australia, Germany and the UK understand and seek to maintain wellbeing.Findings The changing time horizons of older people lead to perceptions of risk and concerns that embrace societal as well as individual concerns. Often, this leads to a sense of societal responsibility and desire for social change, which is frustrated by a perceived exclusion from participation in society.Social implications In mental health practice and education, it is imperative to embrace the shift from ageist concerns (with later life viewed as risky and tragic in itself) towards a greater sensitivity for older people’s resilience, the strategies they deploy to maintain this, and their desire for more control and respect for their potential to contribute to society.Originality/value Variation in time horizons leads to changes in temporal accounting, which may be under-utilised by society. Consequently, societies may not recognise and support the resilience of older people to the detriment of older people as individuals and to the wider society.
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SN  - 1755-6228
DO  - 10.1108/JMHTEP-12-2016-0060
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-12-2016-0060
AU  - Clarke Charlotte Laura
AU  - Titterton Mike
AU  - Wilcockson Jane
AU  - Reed Jane
AU  - Moyle Wendy
AU  - Klein Barbara
AU  - Marais Sandra
AU  - Cook Glenda
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Risk time framing for wellbeing in older people: a multi-national appreciative inquiry
T2  - The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 44
EP  - 53
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -