Background And Objectives: Neighborhood environments are an important aspect of well-being for older people. Developments of the general ecological model recognize older people as active agents who adapt their environments to fit their changing needs. We provide empirical support for a model suggested by Wahl et al., by examining interactions between neighborhood environments, personal situations, relocation, and quality of life (QoL) among older people.
Research Design And Methods: Two statistical models were tested with a sample of community-dwelling participants (aged 55-89) in the New Zealand Health, Work, and Retirement longitudinal surveys conducted in 2016 (T1) and 2018 (T2). Multiple linear regression assessed the association of perceptions of housing and neighborhood with QoL at T1 (n = 3682).
Results: QoL was predicted by housing satisfaction, and neighborhood satisfaction, accessibility, and trust (controlling for age, gender, marital status, home ownership, socioeconomic status, physical health, and mental health). Mixed analysis of variance showed that those who moved house between T1 and T2 reported lower housing and neighborhood satisfaction than nonmovers at T1. Over time T1-T2, movers reported less decline in housing satisfaction, and more positive change on all neighborhood perceptions, with higher perceptions of neighborhood accessibility than nonmovers at T2.
Discussion And Implications: These findings support the theoretical model and provide the impetus for a more detailed study of the effects of the environment on well-being in older age. Housing and neighborhood environments are a very practical focus for social policy change at local and national levels.
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