• List of Articles active aging

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        1 - A Sociological Explanation of Active Aging with Emphasizing on Social Capital in Isfahan City
        Batool Aminjafari Hossein Aghajani Ali Hashemianfar
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        2 - Factors Affecting in Providing Active Aging Services in Iran
        zeinab gholipour Mahmood Mahmoodi Majd Abadi Farahani Leila Riahi kamran hajinabi
        Introduction: It is very important that as many as possible, elderly people remain independent and active so that they can actively participate in the community. Today, delivering quality management services for elderly people has attracted the attention of the countrie More
        Introduction: It is very important that as many as possible, elderly people remain independent and active so that they can actively participate in the community. Today, delivering quality management services for elderly people has attracted the attention of the countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the effective factors on provide active aging services.Methods: The method of this study descriptive-cross sectional research and combination (qualitative and quantitative) method. The statistical population of this study is involved the 287 elderly managers in organizations related to the provision of active aging services. The research tool was questionnaire wich was developed by researcher. Quantitative assessment was done using content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI). Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, one sample t-test and SPSS software.Results: According to the findings of this study, the State Pension (Non-Contributory) payment for elderly people (p=0/001, t=32/14), long-term care insurance (p=0/001, t=27/23), mobile care services (p=0/001, t=27/71), discount card of recreational sports centers(p=0/001, t=21/41), shipping discounts (p=0/001, t=18/37), health check-ups and outpatient care services (p=0/001, t= 26/47), elderly's hospitals and specialist clinics (p=0/001, t= 22/61) and  plan of study in university (p=0/001, t=17/23), are effective in providing active aging services.Conclusion: The active aging service quality will be better and will get good results in this way in long-term, if the government and other organizations focus on improving the effective components of aging services and try to solve Barriers and problems. Manuscript profile
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        3 - An Explanation of the sociological active ageing with an emphasizing the cultural capital in Isfahan city
        Batol Amai Jafari Hosein Aghajani Ali Hashemianfar
        This research was aimed to explain the sociological active aging with emphasizing the capital in Esfahan. The present research in terms of controlling research conditions was a survey and in terms of aim was a practical type of cross-sectional study. The population was More
        This research was aimed to explain the sociological active aging with emphasizing the capital in Esfahan. The present research in terms of controlling research conditions was a survey and in terms of aim was a practical type of cross-sectional study. The population was all elderly over 60 years in Esfahan in 2015. The sample was selected by using a sample of 384 people selected by a quota sampling method with focusing the gender, residential area and livelihood status. To validate validity and establish the reliability, the construct validity and the Cronbach's alpha were used. In order to analyze the data, the descriptive and inferential statistics were used by utilizing SPSS and Amos Software. Results of Pearson correlation coefficient indicated that there was a statistical meaningful relationship between cultural capital and active aging. Regarding the  background variables (sex, age, marriage position, housing), the mean active aging is not different, but in terms of education, it indicated different among various groups. The results of structural equation modeling indicated that the most comparative indices of model were higher than 0.90, saying; the model was away from an independence and proximity to a saturated model based on the defined criteria for them .Therefore, basic attention to increase the cultural, in society was essential, especially among the elderly to achieve active enjoyment of aging along with maximizing the health, safety and participation of elderly. Manuscript profile