Do older adults stay in their homes if the neighborhood has age-friendly qualities?

What is it about?

We wanted to find out what neighborhood characteristics influenced the desire to stay in the same residence or leave. We used the US Environmental Protection Agency's age-friendly guide and pieced together data from different sources in the City of Detroit to measure these neighborhood qualities. We merged that to an older adult assessment of 1,376 older adults aged 60 and over. It turns out that neighborhood problems increase the desire to move for both low-income and high-income residents. However, low-income residents were more likely to say that they wanted to stay in their current residence.

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Why is it important?

As more older adults stay put, it is important to make sure that the neighborhoods are safe and have as few problems as possible.