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Can adapting the homes of older people and providing assistive technology pay its way?
Author(s)	Peter Lansley, Claudine McCreadie, Anthea Tinker
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 6, November 2004
Pages	pp 571-576
Source	http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org
Keywords	Technology ; Assistive technology ; Information technology ; Housing [elderly] ; Costs [care].
Annotation	Adaptations and assistive technology (AT) have an important role in enabling older people to remain in their own homes. Detailed design studies were used to benchmark the adaptability of 82 properties in the social rented housing sector against the needs of seven notional users. The most adaptable properties were ground floor flats and bungalows, the least were houses, maisonettes and flats in converted houses. Purpose-built sheltered properties were generally more adaptable than corresponding mainstream properties, but the opposite was the case for bungalows. Appropriately selected adaptations and AT can make a significant contribution to the provision of living environments which facilitate independence. They can both substitute for traditional formal care services and supplement these services in a cost-effective way. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-041216216 A
Classmark	Y9: M: UVB: KE: QDC
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