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Geographic migration among residents in seniors housing and care communities
— evidence from the Residents Financial Survey | | Author(s) | Norma B Coe, April Yanyuan Wu |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 30, no 3, July-September 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 312-329 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Migration ; Independent housing ; Sheltered housing ; Living in the community ; Living patterns ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | On the whole, older people show relatively little inclination for geographical migration within the U.S. The authors were interested in the geographical migration patterns among a specific subset of older people that they know have moved out of the traditional family home _ those living in assisted living and independent living communities. They analysed data from the Residents Financial Survey (RFS, conduced in 2011), a survey of 2,617 residents in assisted living and independent living communities that asked about their previous living arrangement, where they lived before moving to their current community, and how their care needs were previously met. The authors find there is substantial migration among respondents. Using self-reported and community-reported location and zip code information, they calculated whether people moved across state lines and computed the distance people moved between their previous location and their current community. While the median distance moved is less than 10 miles, 20% moved across state lines, and 21% of the sample moved more than 100 miles; the average distance moved among the sample was 165 to 190 miles. The evolution of living arrangements shows that there are strong correlations between respondents' current living arrangements, previous living arrangements, and their plan to move in the future. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161125224 A |
| Classmark | TN: KL: KLA: K4: K7: 3F: 7T |
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