Sherman S R
J Gerontol. 1975 Jan;30(1):103-7. doi: 10.1093/geronj/30.1.103.
It has been suggested that age-segregated housing for the elderly is undesirable because elderly need contact with, and stimulation from, the young. Research has shown that, even in age-integrated housing, intergenerational contact is normally limited and greater density of age peers will lead to more opportunities for contacts and friendships. Interviews with residents of six retirement facilities and with matched controls in age-integrated housing showed that test residents interacted less than their controls with their children, grandchildren, and other relatives, and fewer had friends younger than 40. Test residents had, relative to their controls, more new friends and visited more with neighbors and with age-peer friends. Very little test-control difference was found on sufficiency of contact. A 2-year follow-up interview showed substantially the same patterns. It was concluded that age-segregated housing does imply different spheres of contacts but that either situation can be satisfactory for person who has freely made the choice.
有人认为，为老年人提供年龄隔离的住房是不可取的，因为老年人需要与年轻人接触并受到他们的激励。研究表明，即使在年龄融合的住房中，代际接触通常也很有限，年龄相仿的人密度越大，接触和建立友谊的机会就越多。对六个退休设施的居民以及年龄融合住房中的匹配对照组进行的访谈表明，与对照组相比，试验组居民与子女、孙辈和其他亲属的互动较少，而且很少有人有40岁以下的朋友。与对照组相比，试验组居民有更多新朋友，与邻居和同龄朋友的交往也更多。在接触的充分性方面，试验组和对照组之间几乎没有差异。一项为期两年的随访访谈显示出大致相同的模式。研究得出的结论是，年龄隔离的住房确实意味着不同的接触范围，但对于自由做出选择的人来说，这两种情况都可能令人满意。
