Rounding up the various risk profiles of housing and neighborhoods, and effects on elders.
Why Is Where You Live So Important?
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Place Matters in Health at Every Age
Neighborhoods can provide supportive environments for active aging.
Consequences of Increasing Housing Cost Burdens in Older Households
Challenges paying for housing can worsen health, make repairs impossible, and lead to unwanted or unnecessary moves.
The Telehealth Revolution That Can’t Reach Everyone
Bridging the digital divide is essential, yet politics may prevent our progress.
Age-Friendly Strategies for a Warming World
Potential challenges to living in increasingly warm climes, and how the Age-Friendly Communities Framework can help with prevention and planning.
Why Where You Live Is Crucial for Social Health
How our communities and local relationships can foster connection and social health, a pillar of health, well-being and longevity.
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Inside This IssueWhy Where You Live Matters: The Effects of Environment on Health
Generations Today, vol. 47, no. 1 (January–February 2026)
Why Is Where You Live So Important?
There are countless sayings about home. There’s no place like it! It’s where the heart is! It’s sweet! Such sayings likely conjure images of classic movies and feelings of nostalgia. That there are so many famous quotes about “home” underscores its importance in our...
Place Matters in Health at Every Age
As urban planners, landscape designers and public health researchers, we have studied physical and social environmental effects on health and well-being. Our research confirms that where people live can greatly affect how easy it is to remain in their own homes as...
Consequences of Increasing Housing Cost Burdens in Older Households
A growing number of older households are facing serious housing affordability challenges. According to our analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey, one in three households headed by someone ages 65 or older is housing cost burdened, defined as paying more than...
The Telehealth Revolution That Can’t Reach Everyone
With the future of Affordable Care Act subsidies in doubt and skyrocketing healthcare costs burdening millions of American households, one powerful tool of modern medicine and technology is not being talked about enough: telehealth. Harnessing the wonders of modern...
Age-Friendly Strategies for a Warming World
You’ve likely noticed the headlines dominating U.S. news this past summer: “Extreme heat is breaking America,” “Heat indices could hit 120,” and “U.S. heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million.” Here in Nashville, Tenn., where I live, we endured...
Why Where You Live Is Crucial for Social Health
In late 2024, I spent a week in the majestic, fascinating country of Bhutan. Tucked in the Himalayan mountains and home to around 800,000 people, the Buddhist kingdom is renowned for establishing Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a governmental and societal priority....