Variation in Elderly Friendliness across the U.S. States: Operationalization, Rankings, and Selected Consequences

The United States faces a rapidly growing population of elderly citizens. To learn more about their prospects, we engage in three tasks. First, we develop and operationalize a five-dimensional concept, “state elderly friendliness,” that facilitates assessing various political, economic, and social a...

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Published in:Publius 2005-07, Vol.35 (3), p.425-447
Main Authors: Lockhart, Charles, Giles-Sims, Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Analysis
Care and treatment
Care of the aged
Elderly
Federalism
Geriatric nursing
Lifestyle
Lifestyles
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing home industry
Nursing homes
Old age
Older adults
Older people
Patient care
Political organizations
Political systems
Politics
Public policy
Services
Social aspects
Social policy
Social services
Socioeconomics
U.S.A
United States of America
Well Being
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Summary:The United States faces a rapidly growing population of elderly citizens. To learn more about their prospects, we engage in three tasks. First, we develop and operationalize a five-dimensional concept, “state elderly friendliness,” that facilitates assessing various political, economic, and social aspects of state environments that influence the well-being of elderly persons. Second, we rank states on the five dimensions of this concept. We find large differences both within states across various dimensions and across states on individual dimensions. Third, we demonstrate that differences in states' ranks on our dimensional scales are associated with sharp variations in particular societal outcomes of importance for the well-being of various segments of the elderly.
ISSN:0048-5950
1747-7107
DOI:10.1093/publius/pji025