Independent Living

"Independent Living" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A housing and community arrangement that maximizes independence and self-determination.

Descriptor ID	D057187
MeSH Number(s)	I03.050.500 N01.224.791.550 N06.850.505.400.800.550
Concept/Terms	Independent Living Independent Living Living, Independent Community Dwelling Community Dwelling Dwelling, Community Dwellings, Community Aging in Place Aging in Place

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Independent Living".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Activities of Daily Living [I03.050]
Independent Living [I03.050.500]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Residence Characteristics [N01.224.791]
Independent Living [N01.224.791.550]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Residence Characteristics [N06.850.505.400.800]
Independent Living [N06.850.505.400.800.550]

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Bar chart showing 39 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017 and 2020 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	3	0	3
2014	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	3	6
2018	2	0	2
2019	2	1	3
2020	1	5	6
2021	3	3	6
2022	1	2	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	2	2	4
2025	0	2	2

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Beydoun HA, Szymkowiak D, Kinney RL, Jones AL, Tsai J. Characteristics and Healthcare Utilization Among Aging Veterans in Supported Housing: A Comparison With Independently Housed Age-Matched Veterans. Gerontologist. 2025 May 10; 65(6).

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Reuben DB, Gill TM, Stevens A, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein M, Jennings LA, Galloway R, Summapund J, Araujo K, Bass D, Weitzman L, Tan ZS, Evertson L, Yang M, Currie K, Green AS, Godoy S, Abraham S, Reese J, Samper-Ternent R, Hirst RM, Borek P, Charpentier P, Meng C, Dziura J, Xu Y, Skokos EA, He Z, Aiudi S, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Health System, Community-Based, or Usual Dementia Care for Persons With Dementia and Caregivers: The D-CARE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 03 18; 333(11):950-961.

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Ginggeaw S, LeBlanc R, Chung J. Social Determinants of Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Feb; 34(2):107-119.

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Pilotto A, Barbagelata M, Lacorte E, Custodero C, Veronese N, Maione V, Morganti W, Seminerio E, Piscopo P, Fabrizi E, Lorenzini P, Carbone E, Lora Aprile P, Solfrizzi V, Barbagallo M, Vanacore N. A multicomponent personalized prevention program in the primary care setting: a randomized clinical trial in older people with noncommunicable chronic diseases (Primacare_P3 study). Trials. 2024 Sep 13; 25(1):611.

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Shi SM, Olivieri-Mui B, Park CM, Sison S, McCarthy EP, Kim DH. Frailty in Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries and Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2431067.

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Tang R, Buchholz E, Dale AM, Rissman RA, Fennema-Notestine C, Gillespie NA, Hagler DJ, Lyons MJ, Neale MC, Panizzon MS, Puckett OK, Reynolds CA, Franz CE, Kremen WS, Elman JA. Associations of plasma neurofilament light chain with cognition and neuroimaging measures in community-dwelling early old age men. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 04 25; 16(1):90.

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Cui Z, Yuan Y, Cheung A, Yu T, Hu K, Wang C, Fan X. Acculturation and mental health help-seeking behavior in a community cohort of individuals of Chinese descent. Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 07; 85:103628.

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Peng C, Burr JA, Yuan Y, Lapane KL. Physical Frailty and Cognitive Function among Older Chinese Adults: The Mediating Roles of Activities of Daily Living Limitations and Depression. J Frailty Aging. 2023; 12(3):156-165.

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Liu AK, Possin KL, Cook KM, Lynch S, Dulaney S, Merrilees JJ, Braley T, Kiekhofer RE, Bonasera SJ, Allen IE, Chiong W, Clark AM, Feuer J, Ewalt J, Guterman EL, Gearhart R, Miller BL, Lee KP. Effect of collaborative dementia care on potentially inappropriate medication use: Outcomes from the Care Ecosystem randomized clinical trial. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 05; 19(5):1865-1875.

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Ganz DA, Yuan AH, Greene EJ, Latham NK, Araujo K, Siu AL, Magaziner J, Gurwitz JH, Wu AW, Alexander NB, Wallace RB, Greenspan SL, Rich J, Volpi E, Waring SC, Dykes PC, Ko F, Resnick NM, McMahon SK, Basaria S, Wang R, Lu C, Esserman D, Dziura J, Miller ME, Travison TG, Peduzzi P, Bhasin S, Reuben DB, Gill TM. Effect of the STRIDE fall injury prevention intervention on falls, fall injuries, and health-related quality of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 11; 70(11):3221-3229.

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