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Abstract
Increasing numbers of older adults in our society have created a demand for a range of housing options. This study was conducted to better understand the relationship between the type of housing in which older adults lived and their utilization of formal services. A modified version of the Andersen-Newman model (1973) was used to organize the independent variables with type of housing listed as a separate category for the purposes of regression analysis.People living in senior housing (age segregated) were older, poorer, more functionally impaired, more likely to have Medicaid health insurance, and more likely to use formal in-home services than those seniors living in age integrated housing. In both groups, level of need was the strongest predictor of formal service use. However, even with all the need, enabling, and predisposing variables controlled, housing type made an independent contribution in explaining patterns of service utilization.