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Should I've stayed or should I've gone? What residents of continuing care retirement communities and former candidates think and feel one year after their decision: a quantitative longitudinal comparison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2018

Ohad Green Open the ORCID record for Ohad Green [Opens in a new window] ,
Amber M. Gum ,
Jennifer Greene ,
Liat Ayalon ,
David Chiriboga  and
Lisa M. Brown
Ohad Green*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Amber M. Gum
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Jennifer Greene
Affiliation:
Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., Lutz, Florida, USA
Liat Ayalon
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel
David Chiriboga
Affiliation:
Department of Child & Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Lisa M. Brown
Affiliation:
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, California, USA
*
*Corresponding author. Email: ohad.grn@gmail.com
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare satisfaction with residence, wellbeing and physical health of continuing care retirement community (CCRC) residents with people who considered enrolling in the same CCRCs but elected not to move. A total of 101 participants were recruited from 13 CCRCs located in multiple cities in the United States of America. A phone interview was conducted with participants three months or less from enrolment and one year later. Compared with those who chose not to move, CCRC residents reported lower satisfaction at baseline, but higher satisfaction at one year. Wellbeing declined from baseline to follow-up for both groups, but was higher in CCRC residents both at baseline and at one year. CCRCs might consider giving new residents a longer cancellation period in order to allow sufficient time for the adjustment process. This, in turn, might both prevent an early departure and affect the decision of potential CCRC residents to move into the community.

Keywords

continuing care retirement communityinstitutional careadjustmentrelocationlongitudinal analysislong-term carewell-beingsubjective-healthsatisfaction
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Ageing & Society , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 25 - 42
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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