With elderly people as research objects, this study aimed to find out the influence on elderly people’s meaning in life after they took part in intergenerational programs. Eight elderly people took part in this research project, attending intergenerational activities at a preschool once a week, eight weeks in total.
Elderly people were interviewed shortly after they completed the intergenerational program. Following facts were obtained from the interview: (1) Elderly people had improved their life meaning after they took part in intergenerational learning activities. (2) Upon completion of intergenerational program, elderly people exhibited significant improvement of life meaning in several aspects such as individual value, sense of direction and sense of fulfillment while less improvement of life meaning in their sense of autonomy.
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To Cite this Article: Chao, M.-C. (2020). The Study on the Elderly People’s Changes of Meaning in Life in the Intergenerational Program. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(2), 422–430.
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