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Consumers/clients: Aging Home
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	Aging in Place, Stuck Without Options
		Center for Neighborhood Technology / Transportation for America, 2011, Free http://t4america.org/docs/SeniorsMobilityCrisis.pdf This study estimates that by 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent. It also ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by the quality of their transportation services.
	Bird, Joshua, et al, "Differences in Caregiving: Does Residence Matter?", Journal of Applied Gerontology, August 2011 (Vol. 30, No. 4)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/content/30/4/407.abstract These researchers' findings do not support the notion that rural residence always places caregivers at risk for negative outcomes.
	Go West, Old Man: Where Older Adults Feel Young at Heart
		Pew Research Center, August 7, 2009, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1301/older-americans-west-feel-younger-healthier According to this survey, the Western U.S. states report a higher proportion of age 65+ adults who are healthy and don’t feel old.
Home: Kinds of domiciles and living arrangements
Home: Timing of moves, changes
	When You or a Loved One Can No Longer Live Alone
		RetirementWorks, Inc., 2009, Free http://www.retirementworks2.com/pdfs/When_You_Can_No_Longer_Live_Alone-UNH.pdf Outlines the main options you have (staying put, moving somewhere easier to get around in, moving in with someone else, assisted living, or a nursing home), the pros and cons of each, and where you can find additional resources.
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	Moran, Michael, "Technology at Home: Innovations for Aging in Place", Aging Well, July/August 2009 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
		http://www.agingwellmag.com/archive/063009p26.shtml, Free Moran discusses technology products that make living at home more feasible for elders, including aids to communication, housekeeping, safety, leisure, comfort, and medication tracking.
	Oswald, Frank, et al, "Is Aging in Place a Resource for or Risk to Life Satisfaction?", Gerontologist, April 2011 (Vol. 51, No. 2)
		http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/2/238.abstract Findings include: Apartment size positively relates to life satisfaction in the young-old but negatively in the old-old. For the old-old, neighborhood quality and outdoor place attachment are matter more than for the young-old. Living with others relates to life satisfaction only for the young-old.
	Shelton, Alison, First Look at Older Americans and the Mortgage Crisis
		American Association for Retired Persons, 2008, Free http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i9_mortgage.pdf Shelton provides an early look at the impact of the mortgage crisis on older Americans.