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JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages NP190-NP201Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0733464813479024
Keywords
ageing; mobility; GPS devices; neighborhood
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- Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Centers Collaborative Pilot Research Grant [P30-AG15272]
- National Institute on Aging the National Institute of Aging [K08 AG033630]
- National Institute on Aging RC4 [AGO38182]
- Los Angeles CAPRA (Community Academic Partnership for Research in Aging) Center
- University of California, San Francisco Division of General Internal Medicine
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Some studies indicate that older adults lead active lives and travel to many destinations including those not in their immediate residential neighborhoods. We used global positioning system (GPS) devices to track the travel patterns of 40 older adults (mean age: 69) in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Study participants wore the GPS devices for 7 days in fall 2010 and winter 2011. We collected survey responses concurrently about travel patterns. GPS data showed a mean of four trips/day, and a mean trip distance of 7.6 km. Survey data indicated that older adults commonly made trips for four activities (e.g., volunteering, work, visiting friends) at least once each week. Older adults regularly travel outside their residential neighborhoods. GPS can document the mode of travel, the path of travel, and the destinations. Surveys can document the purpose of the travel and the impressions or experiences in the specific locations.
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