ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2021
The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults.
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- Cognitive Aging in the Context of the Housing Crisis: Trends and Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.Canadian studies in population · 2026Article
- The Independent and Interactive Effects of Economic Stability and Healthcare Access on 10-Year Cognitive Trajectories of Black/African American and White Older Adults from the ACTIVE Study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Foreclosure, memory decline, and dementia probability: A longitudinal cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Banking on the Neighborhood? Inequalities in Older Adults' Access to Local Banking and Neighborhood Perceptions.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- In the wake of a crisis: Caught between housing and healthcare.SSM - population health · 2023Article
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objectivesWhile home foreclosures are often thought of as a household-level event, the consequences may be far-reaching, and spill over to the broader community. Older adults, in particular, could be affected by the spiral of community changes that result from foreclosures, but we know very little about how the foreclosure crisis is related to older adult health, in particular cognition.
methodThis article uses growth curve models and data from the Health and Retirement Study matched to Census and county-level foreclosure data to examine whether community foreclosures are related to older adults' cognitive health and the mechanisms responsible.
resultsWe find that higher rates of county-level foreclosures are associated with a faster decline in individual cognition at older ages. Although we examined an extensive number of individual and community mechanisms, including individual housing wealth and depressive symptoms, community structural factors, social factors, and perceptions of physical disorder and cohesion, none of the mechanisms examined here explained this relationship. DISCUSSION: This study shows that the adverse consequences of home foreclosures spill over to the local community, with implications for the cognitive health of older adults.
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