| Title | Giving Back and Staying Put: Volunteering as a Stabilizing Force in Relocation |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Shen, H-W, Perry, TE |
| Journal | Journal of Housing for the Elderly |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 310-328 |
| Keywords | Adult children, Demographics, Health Conditions and Status, Public Policy, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction, Risk Taking |
| Abstract | Relocation in older adulthood has been shown to have health-related and environmental triggering factors. This study explores the relationship between volunteering in a community and relocation. Using data from the 2008 and 2010 Health and Retirement Study, which included 9,220 community-dwelling older individuals who were aged 65 years and older, our findings show that volunteering significantly reduces the likelihood of relocating out of the area, and such a relationship is partially mediated by having friends nearby. This study is innovative because it identifies a stabilizing mechanism important for understanding protective factors, such as volunteering, as a way communities can retain older adults. Adapted from the source document. |
| Notes | Date revised - 2015-04-01 CODEN - JHELD2 SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Elderly; Retirement Communities; Health; Retirement; Risk Factors; Friendship |
| DOI | 10.1080/02763893.2014.930368 |
| Endnote Keywords | Risk Factors/Friendship/Retirement Communities/Retirement planning/Volunteering/2143: social problems and social welfare/social gerontology |
| Endnote ID | 999999 |
| Citation Key | 8013 |
| PubMed ID | 25404786 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC4232847 |
