Life-style of Older People
Improvement or Threat to their Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11201479 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frits Mertens (Radboud University Nijmegen), Michel Wimmers (Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-343 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x00012848 |
| OpenAlex | W2094920138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
The transition from independent living to a residential home or to sheltered housing challenges the resilience of all elderly people. This paper reports a study which used longitudinal design, within which 455 Dutch people were interviewed twice a year over a five-year period. Drawn from five different groups, the sample represented people at different stages of independence, ranging from those who needed no assistance through to a group of new residents in an elderly persons' home. The focus was on preparedness for and the adaptation experience of relocation to a dependent setting. A battery of psychological, social and medical measures was employed to produce serial data which were subjected to discriminant analysis. The dominant finding is that attitudes to dependency are central to the maintenance of self-esteem and well-being
Independence (probability theory) · Mental health · Older people · Political science · Preparedness · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Relocation · Sample (material) · Social isolation · Aging and Gerontology Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2011 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |