Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults: Pathways to Life Quality [Hardcover]

Based on thePathways to Life Qualitylongitudinal 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.

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section 1: Introduction

1. Introduction,John A. Krout and Elaine Wethington

Section 2: Housing Decision Making, Satisfaction, and Adaptation

2. Residential Relocation,John A. Krout, Heidi Holmes, Mary Ann Erickson, and Sarah Wolle
3. Housing Satisfaction: Design Lessons from the Community,Paul E. Eshelman, Gary W. Evans, and Shinobu Utamura

Section 3: Role Identities and Social Participation

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

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

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

Section 5: Well-Being and Adjustment

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