ReviewAmerican journal of public health2006
Healthy naturally occurring retirement communities: a low-cost approach to facilitating healthy aging.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comprehensive 5P framework for active aging using the ecological approach: an iterative systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Understanding the travel challenges and gaps for older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from the New York City area.Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives · 2023Article
- Identification and engagement of naturally occurring retirement communities to support healthy aging in Canada: A set of methods for replication.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: Scoping Review.JMIR aging · 2022Article
- An ecological approach to the development of an active aging measurement in urban areas (AAMU).BMC public health · 2021Article
- Perspectives of LGBTQ Older Adults on Aging in Place: A Qualitative Investigation.Journal of homosexuality · 2017Article
- Environmental Factors Associated With Social Participation of Older Adults Living in Metropolitan, Urban, and Rural Areas: The NuAge Study.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Identifying naturally occurring retirement communities: a spatial analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2015Article
- "Everyone called me grandma": Public housing demolition and relocation among older adults in Atlanta.Cities (London, England) · 2013Article
- Exploring the role of peer density in the self-reported oral health outcomes of older adults: a kernel density based approach.Health & place · 2012Article
- Good places for ageing in place: development of objective built environment measures for investigating links with older people's wellbeing.BMC public health · 2011Article
- Volunteering, driving status, and mortality in U.S. retirees.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2011Article
- Indoors illumination and seasonal changes in mood and behavior are associated with the health-related quality of life.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2008Article
- Healthy aging in cities.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2008Article
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Abstract
Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) are broadly defined as communities where individuals either remain or move when they retire. Using the determinants of health model as a base, we hypothesize that some environmental determinants have a different impact on people at different ages. Health benefits to living within NORCs have been observed and likely vary depending upon where the specific NORC exists on the NORC to healthy-NORC spectrum. Some NORC environments are healthier than others for seniors, because the NORC environment has characteristics associated with better health for seniors. Health benefits within healthy NORCs are higher where physical and social environments facilitate greater activity and promote feelings of well-being. Compared to the provision of additional medical or social services, healthy NORCs are a low-cost community-level approach to facilitating healthy aging. Municipal governments should pursue policies that stimulate and support the development of healthy NORCs.
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