SynthesisPloS one2018
Choosing between staying at home or moving: A systematic review of factors influencing housing decisions among frail older adults.
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80 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 220 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Exploring Correlates of Resource Insecurity Among Older Black or African Americans with HIV in Ohio.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of day programs on individuals living with dementia and their family/friend caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): protocol of a prospective cohort study combined with a qualitative evaluation.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Interprofessional collaboration on oral health for frail home-dwelling older people: a focus group study on needs and barriers experienced by general practitioners and community pharmacists.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Loneliness and its associated factors in older Australians residing in retirement living communities: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Cohort Profile: A nationwide Swedish register-based cohort of older adults on housing, residential relocation, and healthy ageing (Register RELOC-AGE).International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Age Self Care, a program to improve aging in place through group learning and incremental behavior change: Preliminary data.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Impairment in Elderly People over 65 Years Old in the Community and Nursing Homes.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Sense of belonging and its positive association with physical activity levels and negative association with sedentary behaviors in residential aged care facilities in COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost older adults wish to stay at home during their late life years, but physical disabilities and cognitive impairment may force them to face a housing decision. However, they lack relevant information to make informed value-based housing decisions. Consequently, we sought to identify the sets of factors influencing the housing decision-making of older adults.
methodsWe performed a systematic literature search for studies evaluating any factors influencing the housing decisions among older adults over 65 years old without cognitive disabilities. Primary research from any study design reported after 1990 in a peer-reviewed journal, a book chapter or an evaluated doctoral thesis and written in English, French or Spanish were eligible. We extracted the main study characteristics, the participant characteristics and any factors reported as associated with the housing decision. We conducted a qualitative thematic analysis from the perspective of the meaning and experience of home.
resultsThe search resulted in 660 titles (after duplicate removal) from which 86 studies were kept for analysis. One study out of five reported exclusively on frail older adults (n = 17) and two on adults over 75 years old. Overall, a total of 88 factors were identified, of which 71 seem to have an influence on the housing decision-making of older adults, although the influence of 19 of them remains uncertain due to discrepancies between research methodologies. No conclusion was made regarding 12 additional factors due to lack of evidence.
conclusionA wealth of factors were found to influence housing decisions among older adults. However, very few of them have been studied extensively. Our results highlight the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork to study the influence of a broader range of factors as a whole. These results will help older adults make the best possible housing decision based on their unique situation and values.
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