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Using home modifications to promote self-maintenance and mutual care
— the case of old-age homes in India | | Author(s) | Phoebe S Liebig |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 16, nos 3/4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 79-100 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Adaption ; Self care capacity ; Informal care ; Grouped housing ; India. |
| Annotation | Old-age homes are not a recent phenomenon in India, but their numbers are increasing, particularly in southern India. A study of nearly 50 such homes had, as one focus, the extent to which these facilities have modified the physical environment to enable residents to age in place. Not all desirable home modifications (HMs) are widely available; for example, only 25% had special seating in bathing areas, 48% used ramps, and 21% employed handrails in hallways and bathing areas. In addition, many HMs are inelegant or primitive by US and European standards, but still provide needed environmental support for residents. These HMs are important in enhancing self-maintenance, and also in enabling residents to help each other. Mutual care helps to build a sense of community, in keeping with Indian traditions of village-level concern for common well-being, and substitutes for small numbers of staff. With some 170 million Indian elders, greater use of HMs in group homes will be vital to ensure a high quality of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000531219 A |
| Classmark | KE:YB3: 5SA: CA: P6: KLH: 7FA |
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