Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change, Fourth
Edition, by Robbyn Wacker and Karen Roberto, provides an in-depth review of policy and …

Within the field of aging, the conceptualization and measurement of functioning has been
dominated by the disability model. In this paper, one limitation of that model is described by …

Increasing urbanization coupled with population aging suggests that the neighborhood
context in which people grow old may shape their health, longevity, and well-being. In this …

Objectives: To understand factors that influence success of home-and community-based
services in keeping older adults in community settings, we examined the causal …

Research applying the behavioral model to the use of services among older adults could be
enriched by the classification of services along a discretionary dimension. Survey responses …

The concept of community, both physical and social, has been central to social science
inquiry on aging. Notions such as aging-in-place are predicated on the assumption that …

Objectives. This paper introduces new measures of neighborhood context that are included
in the second wave of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). We …

The future service needs of baby boomers are unclear. A survey addressing work/retirement,
family, civic engagement, health, caregiving, leisure, and perceptions of senior services was …

Senior-center learning opportunities must adapt, as new retirees are better educated than
their predecessors. We examined 3 multipurpose senior centers using 120 hours of …

In 2011, seven thousand American “baby boomers”(those born between 1946 and 1964)
turned sixty-five daily. As this largest US generation ages, cities, municipalities, and …