ArticleThe Gerontologist2024
Climate Change Policies and Older Adults: An Analysis of States' Climate Adaptation Plans.
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- Prioritization of Older Adults in Canadian Climate Change Adaptation Policies: A Policy Document Analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Perceived age discrimination and social isolation mediate the relationship between disasters and loneliness: results from Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Integrating social, climate and environmental changes to confront accelerating global aging.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesAs climate change drives more frequent and intense weather events, older adults face disproportionate impacts, including having the highest mortality rates from storms, wildfires, flooding, and heat waves. State governments are critical in deploying local resources to help address climate change impacts. This policy study analyzes states' climate adaptation plans to assess the methods through which they address the impact of climate change on older adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThis study uses content analysis to analyze available climate change adaptation plans for all U.S. states for strategies designed to increase the resilience of older adults to the impacts of climate change.
resultsA total of 19 states have climate adaptation plans, of which 18 describe older adults as a population group with specific health impacts and risk factors. There are 4 categories of adaptation strategies for older adults that includes communications, transportation, housing, and emergency services. State plans vary in terms of the risk factors and adaptation strategies included. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: To varying degrees, states' climate change adaptation planning addresses health, social, and economic risks specific to older adults, as well as strategies for mitigating those risks. As global warming continues, collaborations between public and private sectors and across regions will be needed to prevent negative outcomes such as forced relocation and other social and economic disruptions as well as disparate morbidity and mortality.
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