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Abstract
Many older adults are seeking to spend their later years with younger people in urban environments; therefore, the traditional ideologies of retirement may no longer make sense. This conclusion is based on a cross-sectional survey that: defined the housing preferences among older adults in an urban neighborhood, described neighborhood satisfaction among older urban residents, and explored the reasons why older adults move out of their existing homes and their existing neighborhoods in later years.
As American society becomes overwhelmed with the number of older adults, over the age of sixty-five, there will be a significant number of older adults living in urban neighborhoods; therefore, the design and implementation of age-sensitive housing and elderly-friendly communities will be necessary to promote “aging-in-place,” which allows older adults to live independently for a longer time. To accomplish future urban re-development efforts to re-build downtown areas and urban neighborhoods, American society will no longer be able to ignore the housing preferences and needs of older adults.
