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Visitability
— making homes more accessible for the growing 50+ population | | Author(s) | Jana Lynott |
| Journal title | AARP International : The Journal, Winter 2009 |
| Publisher | AARP, New York, Winter 2009 |
| Pages | pp 84-87 |
| Source | http://www.aarpinternational.org/thejournal |
| Keywords | Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Accessibility [housing] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | As America ages, home accessibility is becoming a major issue in the United States. The single family housing in which most Americans live today was built many years ago with structural designs, such as front steps, narrow doorways and upstairs bathrooms that act as barriers for many people with limited mobility. Yet an AARP survey in 2004 found that more than four in five of those aged 50+ strongly or somewhat agreed that they would like to remain in their current home for as long as possible. These housing conditions have led to a "visitability" movement in the US, which this article explains. It describes its current impact on house building, also how the visitability design concept differs from full or universal housing design largely adopted in other countries (e.g. Part M of the Building Regulations in the UK, 1999). Visitability design is advocated as it is less costly than universal housing design. More information about visitability can be found on the AARP website. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090324209 A |
| Classmark | KE:YB3: KE:5CA: 7T |
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