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Choosing among residential options
— results of a vignette experiment | | Author(s) | Francis G Caro, Christine Yee, Samantha Levien |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 34, no 1, January 2012 |
| Pages | pp 3-33 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com/ |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Admission [care homes] ; Sheltered housing ; Physical capacity ; Ill health ; Social contacts ; Financial services [older people] ; Children [offspring] ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | Older people who experience declining health are often faced with difficult decisions about possible residential relocation. The present study aimed to determine how five distinct dimensions - functional status, features of current housing, social networks, features of retirement communities and financial considerations - affect decisions to relocate to a retirement community. A vignette experiment with a factorial design was conducted involving both older people and adult children who were concerned with an ageing parent. Research participants were influenced by each of the dimensions. However functional status of the vignette participants had the greatest impact and financial considerations the least. Adult children were more likely to recommend moves than were older people themselves. The research is suggestive of the potential for use of vignette experiments for a fuller understanding of relocation decisions. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026067 A |
| Classmark | KE: KW:QKH: KLA: BI: CH: TOA: J: SS: DP |
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