Aging Out-of-Place: Perceptions of Successful Aging Among Aging Burundian Refugees in the United States.

Background And Objectives: Refugees flee their home countries due to life-threatening situations and are resettled in countries such as the United States. For older refugees, their cultural background and forced migration experience may affect how they perceive successful aging in their host countries. As such, it is important to understand how aging refugees perceive aging well to enhance their well-being in the host communities.

Longitudinal Implications of Social Integration for Age and Gender Differences in Late-Life Physical Functioning.

Social integration has documented benefits for late-life health; yet, little is known about its impacts on trajectories of physical functioning. This study examines age and gender differences in the longitudinal associations between social integration and activities of daily living (ADLs) using a hierarchical linear model with three waves of survey data collected over 4 years from the Social Integration and Aging Study ( = 400; baseline mean age = 80.3).