Chris Herbert, Jennifer Molinsky, Samara Scheckler
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October 1, 2023
Adults 65 and older are the fastest growing age group of people experiencing homelessness, yet housing insecurity and homelessness is especially dangerous for them. This…
Samara Scheckler, Jennifer Molinsky
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October 30, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, service coordinators increased the capacity of a large and diffuse inter-organizational network to support lower-income older adults.…
Chris Herbert, Jennifer Molinsky, Samara Scheckler
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September 1, 2022
Household composition is associated with older residents’ access to resources. This research uses the pandemic period as a stress-test to detect differences in resilience…
How do older people’s living environments influence their vulnerabilities to climate change? Much has been written about the physiological consequences of climate change for…
Chris Herbert, Jennifer Molinsky, Samara Scheckler, Kacie Dragan
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October 15, 2021
Older adult homeowners increasingly carry mortgage debt into retirement. The share of homeowners aged 65 and older with outstanding mortgages doubled between 1989 and 2016,…
Aging in place is a policy goal for many governments and a personal goal for numerous older people. But what does it mean? Drawing on both scholarly and gray literature, this…
This article examines older adults’ housing circumstances in the United States, including household composition, housing tenure, physical and financial aspects, geography and…
Owning a home has the potential to provide older adults with higher levels of financial security, housing stability, and housing quality. Given that a large majority of older…
Har Ye Kan, Ann Forsyth, Jennifer Molinsky
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February 13, 2020
What audit tools are available to assess neighborhood suitability for aging in place? Drawing on theories from environmental gerontology, the article outlines physical and…
The rapid growth of the US population ages seventy-five and older in the coming years will increase the need for housing that accommodates mobility limitations and helps…