Feeling Older and Driving Less: The Effect of Age Identity on Older Adults' Transition from Driving.

Background And Objectives: Prior research examining predictors of older adults' transition from driving has not considered age-related perceptions, such as age identity, that could shape decisions to limit, or self-regulate, one's driving. Our study examines this possibility, testing the hypothesis that older (or less youthful) identities predict greater self-regulated driving.

Research Design And Methods: Using two waves of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS, 2011 and 2015), we run negative binomial regression models predicting the number of self-regulated driving behaviors, as a function of baseline age identity and change in age identity between the waves.

Feeling Old, Body and Soul: The Effect of Aging Body Reminders on Age Identity.

Objectives: Although changes in body functioning and appearance signal the aging process to ourselves and others, studies give limited attention to the effect of bodily experiences of aging on age identity. Our study examines the effect on age identity of 3 categories of aging body reminders: everyday body problems, body repairs, and body aids.

Methods: Hierarchical linear models are run using 5 waves of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2015).

Evacuating People and Their Pets: Older Floridians' Need for and Proximity to Pet-Friendly Shelters.

Objectives: Pets influence evacuation decisions, but little is known about pet-friendly emergency shelters' availability or older adults' need for them. Our study addresses this issue, focusing on the most densely populated area of Florida (Miami-Dade)-the state with the oldest population and greatest hurricane susceptibility.

Method: We use Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based methodology to identify the shortest paths to pet-friendly shelters, based on distance and congested and uncongested travel times-taking into account the older population's spatial distribution.