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Successful Aging Among Assisted Living Community Older Adults

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Purpose: This study investigated the suitability of using the Successful Aging Inventory (SAI) in an effort to describe successful aging among older adults currently living in assisted living communities (ALCs) and to further assess some of the characteristics of successful aging in this group. Design: This study used a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative research design. Recruitment garnered 200 participants 65 years of age or older from eight ALCs in North Carolina. Methods: Screening was done using the Mini-Cog; instrumentation was composed of the SAI, Purpose in Life Test, Life Satisfaction Inventory-A, and Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Findings: Among the differences were those influenced by gender, with females tending to score higher on successful aging (p < .004). Conclusions: This research demonstrated that successful aging does exist in ALC residents. Clinical Relevance: The size of the older adult population will proliferate dramatically during the next two decades. Many of these individuals will find themselves living in ALCs; therefore, it is important to continue to strive to understand what successful aging looks like in these individuals in order to adopt meaningful practices and interventions aimed at eliciting successful aging responses in those living in these communities.

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Series Title

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Volume 45, Number 3 2013

Call Number

(05) 610.5 WIL j

Publisher

Malden : Wiley-Blackwell., 2013

Collation

Hlm. 238-246

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1527-6546

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(05) 610.5 WIL j

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Volume 45, Number 3

Subject(s)

Elderly
Quality of life
Successful aging
assisted living community
older adults
psychometric measurement
residential care
Successful Aging Inventory

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