Impairment Severity and Evaluative and Experienced Well-being Among Older Adults: Assessing the Role of Daily Activities.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Physical impairments affect a substantial number of older adults in the United States, with rates increasing with advancing age. Impairment is linked with compromised well-being, although the reasons are not fully understood. We explore the extent to which linkages between impairment severity and well-being are accounted for by older adults' daily activities. We speculate that activities may influence global appraisals of well-being by offering the opportunity to fulfill productive and social roles and may influence daily emotions by shaping the context (places, people) in which life occurs.

Research design and method

We examine the effects of impairment severity on life satisfaction and four diary-based experienced well-being measures (happiness, f

SUBMITTER: Freedman VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954609 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature