Meaning of home attenuates the relationship between functional limitations and active aging
(2024) In Aging clinical and experimental research 36(1).- Abstract
Background and aims: Active aging is the process through which people strive to maintain wellbeing when growing old. Addressing the lack of research on active aging in the context of housing, the aim was to describe active aging among people aged 55 and older considering relocation and investigate whether perceived housing moderates the relationship between functional limitations and active aging. Methods: We utilized cross-sectional data from a sub-sample (N = 820; mean age = 69.7; 54% women) of the Prospective RELOC-AGE. Functional limitations were reported using 10 dichotomous questions. Active aging was assessed with the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS; 17 items, self-rated for four perspectives). Perceived... (More)
Background and aims: Active aging is the process through which people strive to maintain wellbeing when growing old. Addressing the lack of research on active aging in the context of housing, the aim was to describe active aging among people aged 55 and older considering relocation and investigate whether perceived housing moderates the relationship between functional limitations and active aging. Methods: We utilized cross-sectional data from a sub-sample (N = 820; mean age = 69.7; 54% women) of the Prospective RELOC-AGE. Functional limitations were reported using 10 dichotomous questions. Active aging was assessed with the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS; 17 items, self-rated for four perspectives). Perceived housing was self-rated with four usability questions and meaning of home (MOH; 28 items). Cross-sectional associations and interactions were analysed using linear regression models, adjusting for gender and educational level. Results: Each functional limitation decreased the active aging score by almost five points (p < 0.001). Usability did not moderate that relationship while MOH significantly attenuated the association between functional limitations and active aging (p = 0.039). Those with high MOH had two points less decrease in active aging score compared to those with low MOH. Discussion and conclusions: Having a home with more personal meaning attached to it seems to provide more ability and opportunity for meaningful activities, thus supporting active aging despite functional limitations. This sheds new light on the known association between MOH and different aspects of wellbeing in old age and has relevance for theory development, housing policies and housing counselling targeting younger older adults.
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- author
- Slaug, Björn
LU
; Zingmark, Magnus LU
; Granbom, Marianne LU
; Björk, Jonas LU ; Rantanen, Taina ; Schmidt, Steven M. LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne LU
- organization
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- LU Profile Area: Proactive Ageing
- Lund OsteoArthritis Division - Joint injury research group (research group)
- Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group (research group)
- LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions
- EPI@LUND (research group)
- Surgery and public health (research group)
- eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
- Applied Gerontology (research group)
- publishing date
- 2024
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Home, Housing choices, Moving, Prospective study, Residential choices
- in
- Aging clinical and experimental research
- volume
- 36
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 159
- publisher
- Kurtis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85200234866
- pmid:39088106
- ISSN
- 1594-0667
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40520-024-02810-x
- project
- RELOC-AGE: How do housing choices and relocation matter for active and healthy ageing?
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.
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- 31fc587f-023e-45ba-ad47-6c13e6289b8d
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-09 11:59:41
- date last changed
- 2024-08-09 13:51:10
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