Barrier-free outdoor environments: Older peoples' perceptions before and after implementation of legislative directives

H Wennberg, C Hydén, A Ståhl - Transport policy, 2010 - Elsevier
An increased focus on international and national levels of society to meet the transportation
needs of older people and people with disabilities is realized through legislation, directives …

The Nordic Housing Enabler: Inter-rater reliability in cross-Nordic occupational therapy practice

T Helle, C Nygren, B Slaug, A Brandt… - Scandinavian Journal …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This study addresses development of a content-valid cross-Nordic version of the Housing
Enabler and investigation of its inter-rater reliability when used in occupational therapy …

Detection of warning surfaces in pedestrian environments: The importance for blind people of kerbs, depth, and structure of tactile surfaces

A Ståhl, E Newman, S Dahlin-Ivanoff… - Disability and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. The overall purpose was to study whether and how persons with blindness detect
warning surfaces with a long white cane in a real pedestrian environment after following a …

An assessment of sheltered housing design in Belfast, Northern Ireland

K Hadjri - Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a UK-based research that has studied the existing sheltered or assisted
living housing population and its future housing options and preferences. This meets an …

Sociocultural care, service context, and IADL dependence among very old European women

S Iwarsson, V Horstmann, F Oswald… - Topics in Geriatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
To explore the impact of the sociocultural care and service context on dependence in
instrumental activities of daily living, data were collected with 1448 very old women in 5 …

[PDF][PDF] Functional limitations associated with housing environmental problems among community-living older people

C Cachadinha, JB Pedro, J Fialho - 37th IAHS World Congress on …, 2010 - researchgate.net
XXX IAHS – Authors’ Guidelines for Full Paper Submission Page 1 XXXVII IAHS World
Congress on Housing October 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, Spain Functional limitations …

[PDF][PDF] and Assistive Technology Research

LN Gitlin - Societal Impact on Aging Series - ndl.ethernet.edu.et
Ien years of home modification and assistive technology research underscores the
importance of this strategy for improving life quality and enabling older frail elders and their …

[PDF][PDF] Lack of Research-Based Standards for Accessible Housing design: Problematization and Examplification of Consequences

T Helle, A Brandt, B Slaug, S Iwarsson - ICADI, 2010 - researchgate.net
Standards for housing design play a crucial role to citizens, professionals and society at
large. For people with functional limitations, standards safeguarding accessibility are …

[PDF][PDF] The Nordic Housing Enabler: Inter-rater reliability in cross-Nordic occupational therapy practicePreviously...

C Nygren, B Slaug, A Pikkarainen… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2010 - academia.edu
This study addresses development of a content-valid cross-Nordic version of the Housing
Enabler and investigation of its interrater reliability when used in occupational therapy rating …