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Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults

Pathways to Life Quality

Editors

John A. Krout, PhD

Elaine Wethington, PhD

Description

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 coping with life events.

Contents

Section 1: Introduction

Introduction, John A. Krout and Elaine Wethington

Section 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

Section 3: Role Identities and Social Participation

Roles, Identities, and Residence: Continuity and Changes in Later Adulthood, Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster-McClain, Mary Ann Erickson, and Alice Boyce
Social Participation and Integration, Mart Ann Erickson and Phyllis Moen

Section 4: Service Utilization, Health, and Well-Being

Housing, Health, and Disability, Heidi Holmes, Katherine Beissner, Kelly Walsh, and John A. Krout
Utilization of Community-Based Services, Heidi Holmes, John A. Krout, and Sarah Wolle

Section 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

Section 6: Conclusion

Lessons for Providers and Consumers, John A. Krout and Karl Pillemer
Summary and Conclusions, Elaine Wethington and John A. Krout

Authors

John A. Krout, PhD, is Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Gerontology Institute at Ithaca College.

Elaine Wethington, PhD, is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Human Development at Cornell University and is Co-Director of the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.

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