Residential Relocation of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Role of Physical Function and the Housing Environment.

ABSTRACT: ObjectiveMost older adults in the United States (U.S.) prefer to remain in their current housing as they age, but difficulty with mobility (e.g., walking) may make this more challenging. We estimated the association between difficulty with mobility (mobility) and residential relocation in the following year.MethodsWe included adults aged ≥65 participating in ≥2 rounds (years 2011-2019) of the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Mobility was self-reported and change in permanent address was captured by study staff. We used a prospective cohort design and logistic regression with a clustering correction to estimate adjusted associations.ResultsWe did not find evidence that mobility was associated with relocation versus no relocation in our sample of 26,444 observations from 5699 older ad

SUBMITTER: Jensen-Battaglia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012160 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature