Study On Strategies Of Organization And Management On Older Adults' Physical Activities In Community

It is a general consensus that community physical activities are good for both physical and psychological health of older adults, and reinforcing organization and management of community physical activities is beneficial to the construction of healthy aging society as well. Taken older adults and managers of community physical activities for older adults as subjects, observation, questionnaires, interview and case study methods are used to explore the older adults' participation of physical activities, older adults' psychological character of physical activities; Furthermore, the influential factors of older adults' participation in physical activities are analyzed, and the current situation, features and problems of organization and management for older adults' physical activities in community are investigated. Then the influences of these factors on older adults' enthusiasm for physical activities are discussed, and the strategies to improve organization and management for older adults' physical activities in community are proposed.The results indicate that: (1) Through the whole status of physical activities for older adults in community appears well, there are still 1/4 older adults who have not taken part in physical activites. There are still some problems with the activity strength, activity duration and activity styles for older adults who have taken part in activities, and need to be scientificly instructed. Marriage status, living condition, education, occupation and healthy condition have significant influences on older adults' participation in physical activities. (2) There are following psychological characters for older adults' participation in physical activities: positive attitude toward physical activities in community, great demand for physical activities, in order to keep physical and psychological health when participated activities, etc. However, there are no interests in physical activites, and there is a shortage of appropriate programs of exercise and professional instruction, which are the main problems and influential factors of older adults' physical activities in community. Meanwhile the consumption of older adults' physical activities is on the primary stage, on which the consuming capacity and quality is at a low level, and needs more instruction. (3) Although the organization and management for older adults' physical activities has already been established in community, and attaches importance on older adults' physical activities, there are still several problems with the organization and management of older adults' physical activity needed to be solved, such as shortage of fund, no perfect management system, no enough activity space, no available facilities, no professional instruction, no scientific management, and so on.In order to promote organization and management of older adults' physical activities in community, this study suggests that the following fields need to be improved: (1) To change the functions and powers of government for physical activity managemnt, to reinforce the management at grassroots level in community, and to enlarge the go-aheadism of the mass's participation in community; (2) to put more emphasis on publicity, to improve the public awareness of sports and fitness, to increase the numbers of aging sports lovers; (3) to widen the financial resource and expand financing channels, to provide financial support and safeguard for older adults' physical activities in community; (4) to reinforce constructing and maintaining of physical activity fields and facilities in community for a better exercising platform to older adults. (5) to enhance training of the managers and instructing of older adults' physical activities, to improve service for older adults' physical activities and to insure more scientific exercise; (6) to strengthen theoretical research and legal system building, to provide theoretical guidance for management of older adults' physical activities in community.In a word, the organizational management on older adutls' physical activities should be improved for building a harmonious society and for serving for a healthy aging society of 'sharing beyond age'.