2022 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 49-57
The present study quantitively examines the factors associated with discontinuation of community salons’ activities in relation with: 1）salons’ characteristics, 2）the problems that salons experienced, and 3）the types of support salons received from other organizations.
A baseline survey was administered to 224 leaders of community salons who registered with the Salon Project managed by Itabashi Council of Social Welfare（ICSW）in May of 2014, and 207 answered. The data concerning salons’ discontinuation or continuation were obtained from the ICSW in September 2019. This study analyzed the data concerning the salons（n=123）, which registers older adults as the main participants. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the factors influence on discontinuation of the salon during the follow-up period.
Of these 123 salons, 34 salons（27.6%）discontinued their activity between May 2015 and April 2019. The results of logistic regression revealed that the factors associated with discontinuation are: 1）had problem with getting participants who visit regularly; and 2）did not receive support to get participants from government-related organizations.
