Residential choices and experiences of older adults : pathways to life quality / John A. Krout, Elaine Wethington, editors.
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TextPublication details: New York : Springer, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 231 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780826119551
- 0826119557
- 1281811165
- 9781281811165
- Older people -- Housing -- United States -- Decision making
- Older people -- Housing -- United States -- Planning
- Quality of life -- United States
- Decision making
- Older people
- Health planning
- Longitudinal method
- Quality of life
- Older people -- Housing
- Older people -- Dwellings
- Decision Making
- Housing for the Elderly
- Aged
- Health Planning
- Longitudinal Studies
- Quality of Life
- New York
- United States
- Aged, 80 and over
- Résidences pour personnes âgées -- Prise de décision
- Qualité de la vie
- Qualité de la vie -- États-Unis
- Prise de décision
- Personnes âgées -- Logement
- Personnes âgées
- Santé publique -- Planification
- Méthode longitudinale
- decision making
- housing for the elderly
- elderly
- quality of life
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Quality of life
- United States
- Wohnen
- Alter
- USA
- 363.5/946/0973 21
- HD7287.92.U54 R47 2003
- 2003 K-536
- WT 30
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sect. 1, Introduction -- Sect. 2, Housing decision making, satisfaction, and adaptation -- Residential relocation / John A. Krout, Heidi Holmes, Mary Ann Erickson, and Sarah Wolle -- Housing satisfaction : design lessons from the community / Paul E. Eshelman, Gary W. Evans, and Shinobu Utamura -- Sect. 3, Role identities and social participation -- Roles, identities, and residence : continuity and change in later adulthood / Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster-McClain, Mary Ann Erickson, and Alice Boyce -- Social participation and integration / Mary Ann Erickson and Phyllis Moen -- Sec. 4, Service utilization, health, and well-being -- Housing, health, and disability / Heidi Holmes, Katherine Beissner, Kelly Welsh, and John A. Krout -- Utilization of community-based services / Heidi Holmes, John A. Krout, and Sarah Wolle -- Sect. 5, Well-being and adjustment -- Residential differences in life stress and perceived health / Elaine Wethington -- Continuity and change in subjective well-being / Alice Boyce, Elaine Wethington, and Phyllis Moen -- Sect. 6, Conclusion -- Lessons for providers and consumers / JOhn A. Krout and Karl Pillemer -- Summary and conclusions / Elaine Wethington and John A. Krout.
Based on the Pathways to Life Quality longitudinal research study, this book explores the ways in which older adults' residential choices impact their health and well-being. The study examines the factors associated with life quality for persons living on their own in the local community, as well as those in various housing arrangements such as a continuing care retirement facility, adult home, income-subsidized housing, and senior apartments. Topics include plans and adjustment to moving; role identities; social relationships, participation, and integration; health and activity patterns; and.
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