Living Environment, Social Participation and Wellbeing in Older Age: The Relevance of Housing and Local Area Disadvantage

Journal of Population Ageing

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 119-156

  Tomaszewski, Wojtek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Housing; Living environment; Neighbourhood; Social participation; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SURVEYING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907074392     PISSN: 18747884     EISSN: 18747876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12062-012-9077-5     Document Type: Article

References (115)

1. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics). (2001). Socio-economic indexes for areas, census of population and housing information paper. Canberra: ABS.
2. Adams, S. (2008). What role for housing in health and social care provision. Journal of Integrated Care, 16(5), 30-36.
3. Altman, I. (1975). The environment and social behavior: privacy, personal space, territory, and crowding. Monterey: Brooks/Cole.
4. Amick, D. J., & Kviz, F. J. (1974). Density, building type, and social integration in public housing projects. Man-Environment Systems, 4, 187-190.
5. Ashkam, J., Nelson, H., Tinker, A., & Hancock, B. (1999). To have and to hold: the bond between older people and the homes they own. York: York Publishing Services.
6. Ashmore, I. (1998). Asthma, housing and environmental health. Environmental Health Journal, 106(1), 17-21.
7. Bartlett, H., Warburton, J., Lui, C. W., Peach, L., & Carroll, M. (2012). Preventing social isolation in later life: findings and insights from a pilot Queensland intervention study. Ageing & Society. doi: 10. 1017/S0144686X12000451.
8. Bath, P. A., & Deeg, D. (2005). Social engagement and health outcomes among older people: introduction to a special section. European Journal of Ageing, 2, 24-30.
9. Bäumker, T., Callaghan, L., Darton, R., Holder, J., Netten, A., & Towers, A. (2011). Deciding to move into extra care housing: residents' views. Ageing & Society. doi: 10. 1017/S0144686X11000869.
10. Beach, S. R., Schulz, R., & Yee, J. L. (2000). Negative and positive health effects of caring for a disabled spouse: longitudinal findings from the caregiving health effects study. Psychology and Ageing, 15(2), 259-271.
11. Becker, F. D. (1977). Housing messages. Stroudsburg: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross.
12. Becker, G. (2003). Meanings of place and displacement in three groups of older immigrants. Journal of Aging Studies, 17(2), 129-149.
13. Bonnefoy, X. (2007). Inadequate housing and health: an overview. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 30(3/4), 411-429.
14. Boyce, A., Wethington, E., & Moen, P. (2003). Continuity and change in subjective well-being. In J. A. Krout & E. Wethington (Eds.), Residential choices and experiences of older adults: pathways to life quality (pp. 177-193). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
15. Brickman, P., Coates, D., & Janoff-Bulman, R. (1978). Lottery winners and accident victims: is happiness relative? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36(8), 917-927.
16. Bronfenbrenner, U., & Evans, G. W. (2000). Developmental science in the 21st century. Social Development, 9, 115-125.
17. Burridge, R., & Ormandy, D. (Eds.). (1993). Unhealthy housing: research, remedies, reform. London: E&FN Spon.
18. Cameron, A., Horrison, L., Burton, P., & Marsh, A. (2001). Crossing the housing and care divide. Bristol: Policy Press.
19. Camfield, L., & Skevington, S. M. (2008). On subjective well-being and quality of life. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(6), 764-775.
20. Cattan, M., White, M., Bond, J., & Learmouth, A. (2005). Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: a systematic review of health promotion interventions. Ageing & Society, 25(1), 41-67.
21. Cook, D. A. (1983). A death in the family: parental bereavement in the first year. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 13(1), 42-61.
22. Cooper-Marcus, C. (1995). House as a mirror of self. Berkeley: Conari Press.
23. Crooker, K. J., & Near, J. P. (1998). Happiness and satisfaction: measures of affect and cognition? Social Indicators Research, 44, 195-224.
24. Cummins, R. A. (1998). The second approximation to an international standard for life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 43(3), 307-334.
25. Cummins, R. A., Eckersley, R., Pallant, J., van Vugt, J., & Misajon, R. (2003). Developing a national index of subjective wellbeing: the Australian unity wellbeing index. Social Indicators Research, 64(2), 159-190.
26. DCLG. (2011). Lifetime neighbourhoods. London: DCLG.
27. DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government). (2008). Lifetime homes, lifetime neighbourhoods. A national strategy for housing in an ageing society. London: DCLG.
28. De Donder, L., Buffel, T., Dury, S., De Witte, N., & Verté, D. (2012). Perceptual quality of neighbourhood design and feelings of unsafety. Ageing & Society. doi: 10. 1017/S0144686X12000207.
29. De Jong Gierveld, J., Dykstra, P. A., & Schenk, N. (2012). Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and loneliness. Demographic Research, 27(7), 167-200.
30. Dean, A., Kolody, B., & Wood, P. (1990). Effects of social support from various sources on depression in elderly persons. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 31(2), 148-161.
31. Diener, E. (1984). Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 85, 542-575.
32. Diener, E., Horwitz, J., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). Happiness of the very wealthy. Social Indicators Research, 16, 263-274.
33. Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Oishi, S. (2005). Subjective well-being: the science of happiness and life satisfaction. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 63-73). New York: Oxford University Press.
34. Diener, E., & Suh, E. (1997). Measuring quality of life: economic, social, and subjective indicators. Social Indicators Research, 40, 189-216.
35. Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999). Subjective well-being: tree decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.
36. Dockery, A. M. (2003). Happiness, life satisfaction and the role of work: evidence from two Australian surveys. Working Paper No. 03/10, Curtin University of Technology.
37. Donald, I. P. (2009). Housing and health care for older people. Age and Ageing, 38(4), 364-367.
38. Easterlin, R. A. (1974). Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some empirical evidence. In P. A. David & W. R. Melvin (Eds.), Nations and households in economic growth (pp. 98-125). Palo Alto: Stamford University Press.
39. Easterlin, R. A. (2004). The economics of happiness. Daedalus, 133(2), 26-33.
40. Erickson, M. A., Krout, J., Ewen, H., & Robison, J. (2006). Should I stay or should I go?: moving plans of older adults. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 20(3), 5-22.
41. Eurostat. (2010). Social participation and social isolation. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
42. Evans, M. D. R., & Kelley, J. (2004). Effect of family structure on life satisfaction: Australian evidence, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research Working Paper No. 24/04, The University of Melbourne.
43. Evans, S., & Means, R. (2007). Balanced retirement communities? A case study of Westbury fields. Bristol: St Monica Trust.
44. Evans, S., & Vallelly, S. (2007). Social well-being in extra care housing. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
45. Evans, G., Wells, N., & Moch, A. (2003). Housing and mental health: a review of the evidence and a methodological and conceptual critique. Journal of Social Issues, 59(3), 475-500.
46. Fernandez-Ballesteros, R. (2001). Environmental conditions, health and satisfaction among the elderly: some empirical results. Psicothema, 13(1), 40-49.
47. Findlay, R. A. (2005). Interventions to reduce social isolation amongst older people: where is the evidence? Ageing & Society, 23(5), 647-658.
48. Föbker, S., & Grotz, R. (2006). Everyday mobility of elderly people in different urban settings: the example of the city of Bonn, Germany. Urban Studies, 43(1), 99-118.
49. Forsman, A. K., Herberts, C., Nyqvist, F., Wahlbeck, K., & Schierenbeck, I. (2012). Understanding the role of social capital for mental wellbeing among older adults. Ageing & Society. doi: 10. 1017/S0144686X12000256.
50. Fuller-Thomson, E., Hulchanski, J. D., & Hwang, S. (2000). The housing/health relationship: what do we know? Reviews on Environmental Health, 15(1-2), 109-133.
51. Gabriel, Z., & Bowling, A. (2004). Quality of life from the perspectives of older people. Ageing & Society, 24(5), 675-691.
52. Gray, M., De Vausa, D., Qua, L., & Stanton, D. (2011). Divorce and the wellbeing of older Australians. Ageing & Society, 31(3), 475-498.
53. Halpern, D. (1995). Mental health and the built environment. London: Taylor & Francis.
54. Heywood, F., Oldman, C., & Means, R. (2002). Housing and home in later life. Buckingham: Open University Press.
55. Hood, E. (2005). Dwelling disparities: how poor housing leads to poor health. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(5), 10. 1289/ehp. 113-a310.
56. Husaini, B., Moore, S., & Castor, R. (1991). Social and psychological well being of black elderly living in high-rises for the elderly. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 16, 57-78.
57. Inglehart, R. (2002). Gender, aging, and subjective well-being. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 43(3-5), 391-408.
58. Ip, D., Lui, C. W., & Chui, W. H. (2007). Veiled entrapment: a study of social isolation of older Chinese migrants in Brisbane, Queensland. Ageing & Society, 27(5), 719-738.
59. Kahneman, D., & Krueger, A. B. (2006). Developments in the measurement of subjective well-being. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(1), 3-24.
60. Kamiya, Y., Whelan, B., Timonen, V., Kenny, R. A. (2010). The differential impact of subjective and objective aspects of social engagement on cardiovascular risk factors, BMC Geriatrics, 10(81), http://www. biomedcentral. com/1471-2318/10/81.
61. Kasl, S. W., Will, J., White, M., & Marcuse, P. (1982). Quality of the residential environment and mental health. In A. Baum & J. E. Singer (Eds.), Advances in environmental psychology (pp. 1-30). Hillsdale: Erlbaum.
62. Keppel, G. (1991). Design and analysis: a researcher's handbook (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
63. Keyes, C. L. M., Shapiro, A. (2004). Social well-being in the United States: a descriptive epidemiology. In O. G. Brim, C. D. Ryff, and R. C. Kessler (Eds.), How healthy are we?: a national study of well-being at a midlife (pp. 350-372). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
64. Kim, H. K., & McKenry, P. C. (2002). The relationship between marriage and psychological well-being. Journal of Family Issues, 23(8), 885-911.
65. Larson, R. (1978). Thirty years of research on the subjective well-being of older Americans. Journal of Gerontology, 33(1), 109-125.
66. Lawton, M. P. (1983). Environment and other determinants of well-being in older people. The Gerontologist, 23, 349-357.
67. Lawton, M. P., & Nahemow, L. (1973). Ecology and the aging process. In C. Eisdorfer & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), The psychology of adult development and aging (pp. 619-674). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
68. Leichsenring, K., & Alaszewski, A. (Eds.). (2004). Providing integrated health and social care for older persons: a European overview of issues at stake. Aldershot: Ashgate.
69. Levasseur, M., Richard, L., Gauvin, L., & Raymond, E. (2010). Inventory and analysis of definitions of social participation found in the aging literature: proposed taxonomy of social activities. Social Science & Medicine, 71(12), 2141-2149.
70. Luszcz, M. A., Giles, L. C., Eckermann, S. D., Edwards, P. R., Browne-Yung, K. C., Hayles, C., & Trezise, K. M. (2007). The Australian longitudinal study of ageing: 15 years of ageing in South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Department of Families and Communities.
71. Marsh, A., Gordon, D., Heslop, P., & Pantazis, C. (2000). Housing deprivation and health: a longitudinal analysis. Housing Studies, 15(3), 411-428.
72. Matte, T. D., & Jacobs, D. E. (2000). Health and housing: current issues and implications for research programs. Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 77(1), 7-25.
73. McCarthy, P., Byrne, D., Harrison, S., & Keithley, J. (1985). Housing type, housing location and mental health. Social Psychiatry, 2, 125-130.
74. Mehnert, T., Krauss, H. H., Nadler, R., & Boyd, M. (1990). Correlates of life satisfaction in those with disabling conditions. Rehabilitation Psychology, 35(1), 3-17.
75. Moore, N. C. (1975). Social aspects of flat dwelling. Public Health, 89, 109-115.
76. Nordenmark, M., & Strandh, M. (1999). Towards a sociological understanding of mental well-being among the unemployed: the role of economic and psychosocial factors. Sociology, 33(3), 577-597.
77. Okun, M. A., & George, L. K. (1984). Physician- and self-ratings of health, neuroticism and subjective well-being among men and women. Personality and Individual Differences, 5(5), 533-539.
78. Pacione, M. (2003). Urban environmental quality and human wellbeing-a social geographical perspective. Landscape and Urban Planning, 65, 19-30.
79. Parker, N. R. (1983). Measuring social participation. American Sociological Review, 48(6), 864-873.
80. Pavot, W., & Diener, E. (1993). Review of the satisfaction with life scale. Psychological Assessment, 5(2), 164-172.
81. Pope, N. D., & Kang, B. (2010). Residential relocation in later life: a comparison of proactive and reactive models. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 24(2), 193-207.
82. Rao, V., Warburton, J., & Bartlett, H. (2006). Health and social needs of older Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: issues and implications. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 25(4), 174-179.
83. Raw, G. J., Cayless, S. M., Riley, J., Cox, S. J., & Cheyne, A. (2000). A risk assessment procedure for health and safety in buildings, building research establishment report 402. Bracknell: BRE Press.
84. Robert, S. A. (2002). Community context and aging: future research issues. Research on Aging, 24(6), 577-579.
85. Robinson, J., & Godbey, G. (1997). The surprising ways Americans use their time. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
86. Rosenbaum, J. E., Reynolds, L., & Deluca, S. (2002). How do places matter? The geography of opportunity, self-efficacy and a look inside the black box of residential mobility. Housing Studies, 17, 71-82.
87. Ross, C., Mirowsky, J., & Goldsteen, K. (1990). The impact of the family on health: the decade in review. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52(4), 1059-1078.
88. Scharf, T., Phillipson, C., Smith, A. E., and Kingston, P. (2003). Older people in deprived neighbourhoods: social exclusion and quality of life in old age. ESRC Research Report.
89. SEU (Social Exclusion Unit). (2006). A sure start to later life: ending inequalities for older people, London: Social Exclusion Unit.
90. Shanas, E. (1979). The family as a social support system in old age. The Gerontologist, 19(2), 169-174.
91. Shaw, M. (2004). Housing and public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 25, 397-418.
92. Silverstein, M. (2006). Intergenerational family transfers in social context. In R. Binstock, L. George, S. Cutler, J. Hendricks, & J. Schulz (Eds.), Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences (pp. 165-180). Oxford: Elsevier.
93. Sirven, N., and Debrand, T. (2008). Promoting social participation for healthy ageing: a counterfactual analysis from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), IRDES Working Paper no. 7.
94. Sorensen, T. (2000). Regional development: some issues for policymakers, Parliamentary Library research paper no. 26. Canberra: Parliament of Australia.
95. Sousa, L. A., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2001). Life satisfaction. In J. Worell (Ed.), Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender (pp. 667-676). San Diego: Academic.
96. Stafford, M., Mcmunn, A., & De Vogli, R. (2011). Neighbourhood social environment and depressive symptoms in mid-life and beyond. Ageing & Society, 31, 893-910.
97. Summerfield, M., Dunn, R., Freidin, S., Hahn, M., Ittak, P., Kecmanovic, M., Li, N., Macalalad, N., Watson, N., Wilkins, R., and Wooden, M. (2011). HILDA user manual - release 10, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne.
98. Sygiyama, T., Ward Thompson, C., & Alves, S. (2008). Associations between neighbourhood open space attributes and quality of life for older people in Britain. Environment and Behavior, 41(1), 3-21.
99. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics (4th ed.). Sydney: Allyn and Bacon.
100. Taylor, R., & Harrell, A. (1996). Physical environment and crime. Washington: National Institute of Justice.
101. Thomson, H., Petticrew, M., & Morrison, D. (2001). Health effects of housing improvement: systematic review of intervention studies. British Medical Journal, 323, 187-190.
102. Tomaszewski, W., & Barnes, M. (2008). Investigating the dynamics of social detachment in older age. In J. Banks, E. Breeze, C. Lessof, & J. Nazroo (Eds.), Living in the 21st century: older people in England. London: IFS.
103. UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). (2011). Sustainability and equity: a better future for all. United Nations Development Programme and Palgrave Macmillan: New York and Basingstoke.
104. UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe). (2009). Integration and participation of older persons in society, Policy Brief on Ageing no. 4.
105. Veenhoven, R. (1991). Is happiness relative? Social Indicators Research, 24, 1-34.
106. Wahl, H.-W., Iwarsson, S., & Oswald, F. (2012). Aging well and the environment: toward an integrative model and research agenda for the future. The Gerontologist, 52(3), 306-316.
107. Wells, N., & Evans, G. (1996). Home injuries of people over 65: risk perceptions of the elderly and those who design for them. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 16, 247-257.
108. Whelan, C. T., Layte, R., & Maître, B. (2003). Persistent income poverty and deprivation in the European Union: an analysis of the first three waves of the European community household panel. Journal of Social Policy, 32(01), 1-18.
109. Whelan, C. T., Layte, R., Maître, B., & Nolan, B. (2001). Income, deprivation, and economic strain. An analysis of the European community household panel. European Sociological Review, 17(4), 357-372.
110. WHO (World Health Organization). (2007). Global age-friendly cities: a guide. Geneva: WHO.
111. Willis, M., and Dalziel, M. (2009). LinkAge plus: capacity building - enabling and empowering older people as independent and active citizens, DWP Research Report no. 571. London: DWP.
112. Winer, B. J. (1971). Statistical principles in experimental design. New York: McGraw-Hill.
113. Witter, D., Okun, M. A., Stock, W. A., & Haring, M. J. (1984). Education and subjective well-being: a meta-analysis. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 6, 165-173.
114. Young, F. W., & Glasgow, N. (1998). Voluntary social participation and health. Research on Aging, 20, 339-362.
115. Zimmer, Z., Hickey, T., & Searle, M. S. (1995). Activity participation and well-being among older people with arthritis. The Gerontologist, 35(4), 463-471.