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Eur J Ageing. 2013 Jun 28;11(1):55-65. doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0287-3. eCollection 2014 Mar.

Relocation to ordinary or special housing in very old age: aspects of housing and health.

European journal of ageing

Marianne Granbom, Charlotte Löfqvist, Vibeke Horstmann, Maria Haak, Susanne Iwarsson

Affiliations

  1. Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Box 157, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.

PMID: 28804314 PMCID: PMC5549188 DOI: 10.1007/s10433-013-0287-3

Abstract

Relocation in very old age is considered to be a major life event and a move could be triggered by many different economic, social, health-related, or environmental reasons. Based on the notion of person-environment (P-E) fit as expressed in the Ecological Theory of Ageing, the aim of this prospective study over 4 years was to explore which aspects of housing and health predict relocation to ordinary or special housing among very old people. At baseline, the participants (80-89 years old) lived alone in ordinary housing in Sweden (

Keywords: Accessibility; Activities of daily living; ENABLE-AGE; Perceived housing; Residential mobility

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