Relocation to ordinary or special housing in very old age: aspects of housing and health

M Granbom, C Löfqvist, V Horstmann, M Haak… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Relocation in very old age is considered to be a major life event and a move could be
triggered by many different economic, social, health-related, or environmental reasons …

Aging-in-Place and home modifications for urban regeneration

QK Qian, WKO Ho, WM Jayantha, EHW Chan, Y Xu - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapidly growing aging population is a global phenomenon imposing societal challenges
on many cities.'Aging-in-place'as a popular concept accommodates both the elderly desire …

Mapping Transitions in the Life Course: An Exploration of Process Ontological Potentials and Limits of Situational Analysis

K Wazinski, A Wanka, M Kylén, B Slaug… - Forum Qualitative …, 2023 - ssoar.info
In our article we focus on potentials and challenges that arise in the use of situational
analysis for reflexive-relational transition research. We discuss how transitions can be …

Altern im Raum am Beispiel von Wohnen und Mobilität

S Penger, F Oswald, HW Wahl - Alternsforschung, 2019 - nomos-elibrary.de
Im vorliegenden Kapitel soll das Thema Altern im Raum am Beispiel empirischer Befunde
aus den Themenbereichen Wohnen und außerhäusliche Mobilität näher betrachtet werden …

La vivienda en la vejez: problemas y estrategias para envejecer en sociedad

I Lebrusán Murillo - 2019 - torrossa.com
La vejez se configura como un espacio vital en cierto modo desconocido, asociado
tradicionalmente a cambios en negativo. En la actualidad, a pesar de definiciones como la …

Aspects of housing and perceived health among ADL independent and ADL dependent groups of older people in three national samples

S Tomsone, V Horstmann, F Oswald… - Aging clinical and …, 2013 - Springer
Aims Good housing solutions are important for the ageing population in order to promote
health and maintain functional ability. The objective of this study was to investigate whether …

Perceived social capital in self-defined urban neighborhoods as a resource for healthy aging

R Kaspar, F Oswald, J Hebsaker - Social capital as a health resource in …, 2015 - Springer
Environmental gerontology has adopted a social cohesion perspective on social capital,
defining social capital as a neighborhood-level characteristic rather than a property of the …

Gesundheitskompetenz im Alter

N Konopik - Erweiterung von Health Liter, 2019 - Springer
Kurzfassung Das Thema der vorliegenden Dissertation ist die Erweiterung des Konzepts der
Gesundheitskompetenz für das höhere und sehr hohe Alter aus Subjektsicht. Hierfür wurden …

The meaning of home questionnaire revisited: Psychometric analyses among people with Parkinson's disease reveals new dimensions

N Andersson, MH Nilsson, B Slaug, F Oswald… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Research addressing perceptions of housing in people with Parkinson's
disease (PD) is rare, and existing instruments capturing perceived aspects of housing are …

An intergenerational approach to perceived housing

H Müller, F Oswald - Journal of Aging and Environment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Based on concepts from environmental gerontology and life-span psychology, this study
aims at comparing perceived housing and person-environment (pe) fit across three age …