Functioning, Forgetting, or Failing Health: Which Factors Are Associated With a Community-Based Move Among Older Adults?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether the health and functioning of middle-aged and older adults are associated with an increased likelihood of community-based moves.

Method

Biennial data from adults aged 51 and older in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and discrete-time survival models were used to assess the likelihood of community-based moves from 2000 to 2010 as a function of 11 measures of health and functioning.

Results

Respondents diagnosed with heart disease, stroke, hypertension, lung disease, and psychiatric problems were more likely to move during the study period than those with no such diagnosis. Changes in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living functioning, cognitive impairment, and falls were also related to a greater likelih

SUBMITTER: Friedman EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5067947 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature