Shen Huei-Wern, Perry Tam E
University of Missouri-St. Louis, School of Social Work.
Wayne State University, School of Social Work.
J Hous Elderly. 2014;28(3):310-328. doi: 10.1080/02763893.2014.930368.
Relocation in older adulthood has been shown to have health-related and environmental triggering factors. This study explores the relationship between volunteering in a community and relocation. Using data from 2008 and 2010 Health and Retirement Study, which included 9,220 community-dwelling older individuals who were 65 years and older, our findings show that volunteering significantly reduces the likelihood of relocating out of the area, and such relationship is partially mediated by having friends nearby. This study is innovative because it identifies a stabilizing mechanism important for understanding "protective" factors, such as volunteering, as a way communities can retain older adults.
研究表明，老年阶段的迁移存在与健康相关的因素以及环境触发因素。本研究探讨了社区志愿服务与迁移之间的关系。利用2008年和2010年健康与退休研究的数据，该研究涵盖了9220名年龄在65岁及以上的居住在社区的老年人，我们的研究结果表明，志愿服务显著降低了迁出该地区的可能性，并且这种关系部分是由附近有朋友所介导的。这项研究具有创新性，因为它确定了一种稳定机制，这对于理解诸如志愿服务等“保护”因素至关重要，而志愿服务是社区留住老年人的一种方式。
