The living environment plays a critical role in healthy aging. As older adults' physical abilities
decrease, they are less likely to compensate for physical barriers and their action radius …

The nature and consequences of aging depend on its environmental context, and the
literature does not treat the various environmental dimensions in an integrated fashion. The …

This special issue focuses on aging in place in late life. Aging in place is about being able to
continue living in one's own home or neighborhood and to adapt to changing needs and …

Purpose: Given age-related health restrictions, the importance of the environment for life
satisfaction may increase in later life. This study investigated whether objective and …

Although the outdoor environment provides older people with various opportunities to
enhance their quality of life (QOL), few studies have investigated the extent to which this …

To advance the field of environmental gerontology and make it more relevant to other social
and behavioral scientists, this paper proposes a holistic, emotion-based theoretical model to …

Currently in Europe as well as in the United States, an increasing proportion of very old
people remain living in their homes despite declines in physical and mental health. Together …

The study of home environments is a research domain within the field of environmental
gerontology that addresses issues related to aging in place. Despite the importance of aging …

A voluminous body of neighborhood research has accumulated over the past two decades
demonstrating that the social, economic, demographic, and physical characteristics of …

Background Considering the lack of specific measurement tools to study elders' perceptions
in outdoor spaces, the study objectives were to derive and validate a questionnaire that …