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Abstract
This study identifies factors that may influence satisfaction with housing relocation to an extended care facility as expressed by elderly persons. Previous research shows that housing relocation can have both positive and negative effects on elderly individuals, but that a number of factors influence satisfaction with relocation. Results indicate both negative and positive expressed levels of satisfaction with relocation. Study results also indicate factors associated with a higher level of expressed satisfaction with relocation, such as good physical health at the time of the move, voluntarily deciding to enter the new living situation, predictability of the new living environment, similarity of the facility to the previous living environment and current marital status.
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Anne Bailey
Anne Bailey is Assistant Professor, Department of Home Economics and Consumer Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.