Patterns of Residential Adjustment for Older Person: Who will Recover and How Do They Recover? A Study in Different Residential Environments in Hong Kong

This study seeks to understand the residential adjustment process by examining patterns and rates of adjustment of older people. Research to date has reported that circumstantial and individual factors affect adjustment after residential relocation and various patterns of adjustment can occur. A rep...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2014-10, Vol.119 (1), p.295-319
Main Authors: Cheng, Kevin H. C., Phillips, David R., Siu, Oi-Ling, Yeh, Anthony G. O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Aged
Aging problems. Death
Community
Community Relations
Demography
Elderly
Environmental Influences
Expatriates
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Habitat
Home Environment
Hong Kong
Housing
Human ecology and demography
Human Geography
Literature Reviews
Marital Status
Microeconomics
Neighborhoods
New Towns
Older Adults
Older people
Optimism
Policy Making
Psychological aspects
Psychological Patterns
Public Health
Public housing
Quality of Life Research
Relocation
Residential care
Resilience
Resilience (Psychology)
Social Environment
Social psychology
Social research
Social Sciences
Social support
Social Support Groups
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Stress
Studies
Towns
Trend Analysis
Urban Areas
Wellbeing
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Summary:This study seeks to understand the residential adjustment process by examining patterns and rates of adjustment of older people. Research to date has reported that circumstantial and individual factors affect adjustment after residential relocation and various patterns of adjustment can occur. A representative sample of Hong Kong respondents aged 60 years or over was selected with the help of areal sampling and the use of a geographical information system analysis. The results showed that overall, many older persons experience a J-pattern (or linear pattern) of adjustment. Many who relocated to new towns were better adjusted from an early period. Conversely, those relocated to or within old urban areas adjusted at a slower rate and an ultimately lower level. The results provide grounds for optimism about older persons' resilience with regard to relocation-related stress and some guidance for planners and policy makers.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-013-0493-6