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Urban social and built environments and trajectories of decline in social engagement in vulnerable elders
— findings from Detroit's Medicaid home and community-based waiver population | | Author(s) | MinHee Kim, Philippa Clarke |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 37, no 4, May 2015 |
| Publisher | Sage, May 2015 |
| Pages | pp 413-435 |
| Source | roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Urban areas ; Urban and rural planning ; Ill health ; Poor elderly ; Social contacts ; Isolation ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is little knowledge on the relationships between neighbourhood environments and trajectories of social engagement among physically and economically vulnerable older adults. We examined the association between neighbourhood social and built environments (physical disorder, the presence of crime watch signs, and street conditions) and 36-month trajectories of social engagement among 965 older adults living in Detroit, Michigan. Social withdrawal was defined as a decline in social engagement without distress while social isolation was defined as a decline in social engagement with distress. The authors used data from Michigan's Minimum Data Set for Home Care (2000-2008), merged with contextual data collected through a virtual audit instrument using Google Earth's "Street View" feature. Results from multilevel multinomial analyses indicated that the presence of neighbourhood watch signs was associated with increased chance of social withdrawal and social isolation among frail older adults over time, highlighting the potential anxiety-provoking effect of precautionary measures against crime. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160429202 A |
| Classmark | RK: RR: CH: F:W6: TOA: TP: 49: 3J: 7T |
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