Marielle Jensen-Battaglia, Kah Poh Loh, Emily M Agree, Robert C Block, Ying Wang, Supriya G Mohile, Christopher L Seplaki
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Abstract
Environmental Gerontology has shown that mobility difficulty can be a barrier to aging in place when the home environment is not physically accessible. However, difficulty may vary by underlying chronic conditions. Using data from a cohort of community-dwelling adults age 65 or older in the 2011-2019 National Health and Aging Trends Study, we found that mobility difficulty was associated with moving to housing with fewer environmental barriers. Mobility difficulty was not associated with moving to other destinations, such as housing with the same or more barriers, or nursing home. Those with dementia or cancer were more likely to move to a nursing home, and those with cancer were less likely to move to housing with the same or more barriers. However, having these chronic conditions did not change the relationship between mobility difficulty and relocation. These findings suggest that addressing mobility and reducing environmental barriers may promote aging in place.
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The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.
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