Assessment and analysis of housing accessibility: adapting the environmental component of the housing enabler to United States applications

LL Lien, CD Steggell, B Slaug, S Iwarsson - Journal of Housing and the …, 2016 - Springer
The home environment is a primary context for daily activities, especially among older adults
and persons with disabilities. Functional and age-related decline can generate problems in …

Community relocation in very old age: Changes in housing accessibility

M Granbom, B Slaug, C Löfqvist… - The American Journal …, 2016 - research.aota.org
OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to compare environmental barriers, housing
accessibility, and usability before and after relocation of very old, single-living people in the …

Residential experience of people with disabilities: A positive psychology perspective

S Coulombe, S Jutras, D Labbé, D Jutras - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore the residential experience of people with disabilities in family
households. A sample of 31 people with spinal cord injury were interviewed on satisfaction …

Home and health among different sub-groups of the ageing population: a comparison of two cohorts living in ordinary housing in Sweden

H Ekström, SM Schmidt, S Iwarsson - BMC geriatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background At present a majority of older people remain in their ordinary homes. Research
has generated knowledge about home and health dynamics and increased the awareness …

The association between indicators of health and housing in people with Parkinson's disease

MH Nilsson, S Ullén, H Ekström, S Iwarsson - BMC geriatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background There are knowledge gaps about the life situation for people ageing with
Parkinson's disease (PD), with virtually no understanding of home and health dynamics …

Development and validation of the perception of housing quality scale (PHQS)

F Caffaro, D Galati, M Roccato - TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS …, 2016 - iris.unito.it
In this study, we aimed to develop and validate the Perception of Housing Quality Scale
(PHQS), a multi-item, multi-factorial measure of perceived housing quality focused on …

[PDF][PDF] Living arrangement and its association with residential needs of community-dwelling older adults in China

J Yu, Z Yan, J Li - Journal of Psychol Psychotherapy, 2016 - researchgate.net
Living Arrangement and its Association with Residential Needs of Community-dwelling Older
Adults in China Page 1 Volume 6 • Issue 1 • 1000235 J Psychol Psychother ISSN: 2161-0487 …

[PDF][PDF] Principal Factors Influencing ICT Take Up within the Home Environment of Older People, with Particular Emphasis on ICT to Enable Ageing in Place

L Jennings, K Hadjri, MG Abdelmonem - researchgate.net
Smart Home technology appears to be on the verge of mainstream implementation, moving
to the forefront of ICT implementation in a number of EU member states. These technologies …

[PDF][PDF] THEORIES of

VL Bengtson, RA Settersten Jr - longevity-science.org
Biodemography of aging represents an area of research that integrates demographic and
biological theory and methods and provides innovative tools for studies of aging and …