The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While home foreclosures are often thought of as a household-level event, the consequences may be far-reaching, and spill over to the broader community. Older adults, in particular, could be affected by the spiral of community changes that result from foreclosures, but we know very little about how the foreclosure crisis is related to older adult health, in particular cognition.

Method

This article uses growth curve models and data from the Health and Retirement Study matched to Census and county-level foreclosure data to examine whether community foreclosures are related to older adults' cognitive health and the mechanisms responsible.

Results

We find that higher rates of county-level foreclosures are associated with a faster decline in individual cognition

SUBMITTER: Friedman EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063675 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature