ArticleThe Gerontologist2025
Neighborhood Qualities Are Related to Better Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Loneliness Over 6 Years: Pathways Through Social Engagement and Social Support to Aging Well.
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- Enhancing Healthy Longevity: Scoping Review of Practices and Interventions.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Review
- Perceived healthy community environment and loneliness among older adults in China: indirect psychosocial pathways through community belongingness and multi-source received social support.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The "ELDERDES" model: how older adults' adoption of digital environment solutions improves residential experiences, health outcomes, and enables independent living.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesGrowing research evidence supports the importance of neighborhoods for the well-being of older people. The aim of this study was to investigate key pathways (social engagement and social support) through which neighborhood qualities (accessibility, safety, and social cohesion) may affect older people's mental well-being (mental health, quality of life, and loneliness) over 6 years. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsA structural equation model was used to test the model while controlling for individual limitations such as physical health and socioeconomic status. The population sample included 2,750 New Zealanders over the age of 55 (M = 65.64 ± 6.30) years who responded to Health, Work and Retirement (HWR) longitudinal surveys in 2016 and 2022.
resultsThe results showed that greater neighborhood accessibility to important facilities in 2016 predicted better mental health and quality of life and less loneliness in 2022 through provision of social support. Neighborhood social cohesion predicted social engagement, which was related to higher social support predicting better mental health and quality of life and less loneliness in 2022. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: These findings confirm a body of research highlighting the importance of neighborhood qualities and show the socially oriented pathways through which neighborhoods support aging well. These findings have direct implications for the development of social policy that focuses on the development of housing situations to support healthy aging.
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