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| The effects of residential mobility on ADL and IADL limitations among the very old living in the community | | Author(s) | Pei-Chun Chen, Janet M Wilmoth |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp S164-S172 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | House removal ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data for non-institutionalised adults aged 70+ from the US Longitudinal Study on Aging (LASA) in 1988 and 1990 are used to identify differences between non-movers and various types of movers and activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADLs) limitations. Multivariate residualised regression models estimate the effect of moving house on the changes in limitations between 1984-88 and 1998-1990. Particular attention is given to the timing and reason for the move. Controlling for demographic, social support, health status and social integration characteristics, residential mobility is found to be associated with a short-term increase in ADL and IADL limitations. However, an additional analysis reveals that the short-term increases in limitation is only experienced in older adults who move for subjective health reasons. Compared with non-movers, movers do not have significantly different changes in limitation over the long term. Older people and service providers need to be concerned with short-term increases in objective ADL and IADL limitations that accompany residential relocations, especially for those who move for subjective health reasons. However, from a long-term perspective, residential relocation may serve as a mechanism for accommodating age-related changes that threaten effective functioning. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041103213 A |
| Classmark | TNH: C4: CA: K4: 3J: 7T |
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