Abstract A continuing care retirement community (CCRC) represents a residential alternative for older adults. It offers a variety of social and health care services to meet older adults’ needs and preferences. Using the theory of innovation as a theoretical basis, the overall goal of the study was to use the source of information about the CCRC as a potential predictor of the decision to move. In total, 76 older adults responded to a question about the source of information on the CCRC. Of these, 40 were CCRC residents and 36 were community dwellers, who expressed an interest in the CCRC but decided to remain in their community. Based on their responses, respondents were classified into one of five clusters (e.g., spouse, friends, children, nonhuman sources, mixed human and nonhuman sources). Those classified into the spouse or adult children as sources of information were more likely to live in a CCRC. Results show that information about the CCRC should be conveyed to additional members in the family, such as adult children, as they often take a major role in the decision to relocated. The findings have implications for administrators as they clearly point to potential sources of greater influence on older adults’ decision to relocate.

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持续护理退休社区和长者生活安排的信息来源类型

摘要 持续护理退休社区 (CCRC) 代表了老年人的居住选择。它提供各种社会和医疗保健服务，以满足老年人的需求和偏好。以创新理论为理论基础，该研究的总体目标是使用有关 CCRC 的信息来源作为迁移决策的潜在预测因素。共有 76 名老年人回答了有关 CCRC 信息来源的问题。其中，40 人是 CCRC 居民，36 人是社区居民，他们表示对 CCRC 感兴趣但决定留在他们的社区。根据他们的回答，受访者被分为五个类别之一（例如，配偶、朋友、孩子、非人类来源、人类和非人类混合来源）。被归类为配偶或成年子女作为信息来源的人更有可能住在 CCRC。结果表明，关于 CCRC 的信息应该传达给家庭中的其他成员，例如成年子女，因为他们通常在搬迁决定中发挥重要作用。调查结果对管理人员有影响，因为他们清楚地指出了对老年人搬迁决定产生更大影响的潜在来源。