Purpose: This cross-national qualitative study explores how very old people reflect upon
relocation and aging in place. Design and Methods: Swedish and German data are utilized …

Purpose: The aim of this work is to examine the relationship between aspects of objective
and perceived housing and aspects of healthy aging, defined as independence in daily …

The decision to relocate in old age is intricately linked to thoughts and desires to stay put.
However, most research focuses either on strategies that allow people to age in place or on …

Development in later life involves a dynamic of person-environmental exchanges over time.
One of the most important developmental events in this regard is relocation. Although most …

Purpose: This study illuminates the concept of “aging in place” in terms of functional,
symbolic, and emotional attachments and meanings of homes, neighbourhoods, and …

Ageing in place has been promoted by policy makers as the optimal residential solution for
later life, premised on older people's reluctance to contemplate relocation, their declining …

Abstract 'Ageing in place'policies presuppose that growing old in one's own home and
neighbourhood is in the best interests of older adults, as a familiar and predictable …

Older people consider moving home when there is a discrepancy between actual and
desired living conditions. This study builds on the classic push and pull framework described …

Abstract Purpose of the Study: Optimal mobility is an important element of healthy aging. Yet,
older adults' perceptions of mobility and mobility preservation are not well understood. The …

The experience of aging may necessitate transitions in living environments, either through
adaptations to current residences or through relocations to more supportive environments …