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Grimm, Kevin J.; An, Yang; McArdle, John J.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Resnick, Susan M. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Latent difference score models (e.g., McArdle & Hamagami, 2001) are extended to include effects from prior changes to subsequent changes. This extension of latent difference scores allows for testing hypotheses where recent changes, as opposed to recent levels, are a primary predictor of subsequent changes. These models are applied to…
Descriptors: Memory, Older Adults, Brain, Structural Equation Models
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Nardone, Maryann – Gerontologist, 1980
Availability of nursing home beds was a strong predictor of institutional care. Higher rates of community care occurred where there were greater expenditures for protective, legal, chore, day care and social/recreation services and, in which there were more older persons in poverty and fewer women working. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Federal Aid, Geriatrics