2010
DOI: 10.1159/000272026
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Social Resources and Longevity: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study

Abstract: 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, a… Show more

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“…Research on centenarians is increasing; to date a considerable amount of existing scholarship seeks to measure and quantify the experiences and situations of centenarians (Hensley, Martin, Margrett, MacDonald, Siegler, & Poon, 2012; Randall, Martin, MacDonald, & Poon, 2010). Few studies qualitatively explore the nature of what it means to older adults to have lived such long lives, and even fewer are existing studies that explore the spiritual lives of centenarians.…”
Section: Centenariansmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research on centenarians is increasing; to date a considerable amount of existing scholarship seeks to measure and quantify the experiences and situations of centenarians (Hensley, Martin, Margrett, MacDonald, Siegler, & Poon, 2012; Randall, Martin, MacDonald, & Poon, 2010). Few studies qualitatively explore the nature of what it means to older adults to have lived such long lives, and even fewer are existing studies that explore the spiritual lives of centenarians.…”
Section: Centenariansmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nonetheless, as has been shown for a more heterogeneous sample of older adults, social support is predictive of living in residential aged care [14] . That paper and the one by Randall et al [13] also illustrate the importance of taking a multidimensional approach to assessing social resources.…”
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confidence: 66%
“…The second paper on social resources examines the extent and type of social support received by octogenarians and centenarians, and whether these social resources are predictive of living in residential aged care [13] . Importantly, a number of known risk factors for residential placement are controlled.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Work on this measure has found low internal consistency reliabilities, ranging from  .44 to  .61 [36]. Randall et al [37] agreed with Burholt and colleagues [36] that these items were not designed to provide maximum internal consistency but rather provide a breadth of assessment and may not even be related. For example, phone conversations may be inversely related to personal visits as one may account for the other.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 95%