PSY-8341 v1: Positive Aging

Lack, K., & Jester, D. J. (2020). Examining older adults’ perspectives on the built environment and correlates of healthy aging in an American age-friendly community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197056
This article discusses the perceptions and opinions older adults, living in the community, express about their environment. This is important because it addresses the topic of aging environments by looking at the most important stakeholders.

Isaacson, M., Tripathi, A., Samanta, T., D’Ambrosio, L., & Coughlin, J. (2020). Giving voice to the environment as the silent partner in aging: Examining the moderating roles of gender and family structure in older adult wellbeing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124373
The authors of this article discuss the environment with an emphasis on socio-cultural factors. Gender and the role of the family in healthy aging are discussed.

Sánchez-González, D., Rojo-Pérez, F., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, V., & Fernández-Mayoralas, G. (2020). Environmental and psychosocial interventions in age-friendly communities and active ageing: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228305
The authors of this article reviewed the literature on age friendly communities. This resource is important because it gives the student an overview of the current research on the importance of environmental factors as they relate to healthy aging.

Garner, I. W., & Holland, C. A. (2020). Age-friendliness of living environments from the older person’s viewpoint: Development of the age-friendly environment assessment tool. Age & Ageing, 49(2), 193–198. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz146

Aging Well. (n.d.) AFE-Innovnet towards an age friendly Europe: What are age friendly environments? http://www.ageingwellinwales.com/Libraries/Documents/What-Are-Age-Friendly-Environments.pdf