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Older adults are closely connected to their neighborhoods and they spend more time there than younger adults. Because their mobility is often impeded by diminished health and functioning, access to neighborhood health and social services is essential for their well-being. This article examines whether geographic proximity to these types of neighborhood resources is associated with depression among older adults in South Korea. Data are from  A Profile of Older Adults: 2015  which sampled 1,455 community-dwelling individuals ages 60 and older in South Korea. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to assess depression, the outcome. We measured geographic proximity to neighborhood destinations, which included the time it takes the respondent to go to the grocery store, hospital, government office, senior center, social service center, and bus stop. We conducted latent profile analyses (LPA) with a distal outcome using the BCH method to determine whether geographic proximity to neighborhood resources is associated with depression. The LPA identified three distinct subgroups of geographic proximity to neighborhood resources:  High Access  (10%),  Moderate Access  (41%), and  Low Access  (49%). Low Access ( b  = 3.71,  p  &lt; .001) and Moderate Access ( b  = 3.00,  p  &lt; .001) groups had higher levels of depression compared to those in the High Access group. Our findings suggest that access to essential services in one’s neighborhood is associated with lower levels of depression, which supports existing evidence that age-friendly community initiatives are important to older adults’ psychological well-being.

Geographic proximity to neighborhood resources and depression among older adults in South Korea