title: Anticipating relocation: concerns about moving among NORC residents.
abstract: Most older adults prefer to live at home as long as possible, requiring supports and services to help them age in place. This study examines the relocation concerns of a group of older adults in a suburban naturally-occurring retirement community (NORC). Twenty-six percent of the 324 residents interviewed expressed concern about having to move in the next few years. Residents who were worried differed from those who did not worry on a number of demographic and biopsychosocial characteristics. Overall, residents present a profile of vulnerability that calls for preemptive action to help them stay in their homes. A NORC is an ideal setting in which to provide supportive services.
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: Dorothy F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: Janice L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: Peggy S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morrow-Howell
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perkinson
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population