Social capital has been a popular concept used in research and policy to stress the value of
social contacts for the health and well-being of older adults. However, not much is known …

This paper examines perceptions of homeliness in palliative care environments through a
photo-elicitation study involving 89 palliative care staff. The study finds that what is …

This article examines how a sense of home can be created in complex clinical healthcare
contexts for vulnerable patients. While existing research in this field focuses mainly on …

Background The vast majority of older adults live in their own homes. Many of them live with
chronic conditions that lead to activity limitations and participation restrictions. To support …

While much literature has focused on the meaning of home, relatively little has been
conducted on homemaking in later life. This paper demonstrates the importance of time in …

Many autistic adults tend to live with their parents rather than independently. Few studies
exist about what independent living means from their perspective and what role the built …

In a welfare society like Denmark, deliberately downsizing on dwelling space is at odds with
prevailing norms of good housing. Furthermore, the city is perceived as a place for youth or …

This article reports 36 in-depth interviews with patients (n= 20) and family members of
palliative care patients (n= 16), during an inpatient stay within one of four contemporary …

Health researchers have long acknowledged the limitations of self-reporting in studies of
health in the home and have consequently sought various methods to broaden research …

Taking a comparative approach to two field sites–Shanghai in China and Dublin in Ireland–
this paper explores the relationship between ageing, home, and the impact of the …