Managing Decline in Assisted Living: The Key to Aging in Place

Ball, Mary M.; Perkins, Molly M.; Whittington, Frank J.; Connell, Bettye Rose; Hollingsworth, Carole; King, Sharon V.; Elrod, Carrie L.; Combs, Bess L.

doi:10.1093/geronb/59.4.s202

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“…The main idea is that sufficient support should be provided to enable older people to stay in the communities of their choice without having to change residences should their needs change (Ball et al 2004). This concept acknowledges the importance of the environment in maintaining one's motivation to remain as independent as possible, and in determining one's sense of wellness.…”

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Global Aging: Challenges for Community Psychology

Cheng

Heller

2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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Older persons are among the major marginalized, disenfranchised citizens worldwide, yet this group has generally been ignored in the community psychology literature. In this paper, we trace the demographic trends in aging worldwide, and draw the field's attention to the United Nations Program on Aging, which structures its policy recommendations in terms of concepts that are familiar to community psychologists. A central theme of the paper is that community psychology can have a role in producing the conceptual shifts needed to change societal attitudes now dominated by negative age stereotypes.

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Global Aging: Challenges for Community Psychology

Cheng

Heller

2009

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…tion to the changes associated with aging are critical components of these studies [3][4][5] . To date, few studies have focused on the social resources of centenarians [6] , and none were found focusing on social resources and residence status of centenarians.…”

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Social Resources and Longevity: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study

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Background: As the proportion of adults aged 85 and older increases, investigations of resources essential for adapting to the challenges of aging are required. Objective: To comprehensively investigate the social resources of cognitively intact centenarians participating in the Georgia Centenarian Study and the association between these resources and residence status. Methods: Two widely used measures of social resources were investigated among participants living in private homes, personal care facilities, and nursing homes. Logistic regression was used to determine significant predictors of nursing home residence. Results: Differences in levels of social resources were found between centenarians and octogenarians, and among centenarians in different living situations. Analyses revealed differential findings between self- and proxy reports. Controlling for education, activities of daily living, and financial ability to meet needs, only one of the two social resources measures significantly reduced the odds of nursing home residence. Conclusion: The findings of this study add to the existing literature on one of the basic adaptive resources (social resources) for centenarians. Whether a more specific assessment of network contact is employed, or a more global assessment is used, differences in these constructs exist between centenarians and octogenarians, among centenarians in differing living conditions, and across types of informants. Researchers examining the different resources that may contribute to extraordinary longevity and positive adaptation may find it essential to differentiate between the oldest old and centenarians, and to account for differences based upon measure, reporter type, and centenarian residence status.

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“…Finally, it would be useful to investigate how environmental support for outdoor activities can contribute to the idea of "ageing-in-place." This concept normally refers to the home environment and is often discussed in association with interior spaces, e.g., home modification or assisted living (e.g., Ball et al, 2004). However, the outdoor environment is an important component for older people to remain independent.…”

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Environmental Support for Outdoor Activities and Older People's Quality of Life

Sugiyama

Thompson

2006

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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SUMMARY.The outdoor environment provides older people with opportunities to be active, have contact with nature and meet friends and neighbours. Research has shown that such outdoor activities have substantial benefits for older people's well-being. However, going outdoors is often difficult for them due to increasing frailty and environmental barriers. This study argues that a neighbourhood environment facilitating older people's outdoor activities has a positive effect on their well-being. Small-scale studies were conducted to explore the concept Takemi Sugiyama, PhD, is Research Fellow,

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Managing Decline in Assisted Living: The Key to Aging in Place

Cited by 123 publications

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Global Aging: Challenges for Community Psychology

Global Aging: Challenges for Community Psychology

Social Resources and Longevity: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study

Environmental Support for Outdoor Activities and Older People's Quality of Life

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