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Street, Debra; Burge, Stephanie; Quadagno, Jill – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: Most assisted living facility (ALF) residents are White widows in their mid- to late 80s who need assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) because of frailty or cognitive decline. Yet, ALFs also serve younger individuals with physical disabilities, traumatic brain injury, or serious mental illness. We compare Florida ALFs with…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Mental Disorders, Quality of Life, Physical Health
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Longino, Charles F., Jr.; Bradley, Don E. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This brief report takes a look at the preliminary estimates of the number and proportion of migrants over the age of 60 who moved to and from states between 1995 and 2000 and compares these estimates with those who made the same kind of move one decade earlier. Design and Methods: The 2000 census 1-in-100 public-use microdata sample,…
Descriptors: Retirement, Quality of Life, Migration Patterns, Migrants