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| Impacts of home modifications on aging-in-place | | Author(s) | Eunju Hwang, Linda Cummings, Andrew Sixsmith, Judith Sixsmith |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 25, no 3, July-September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 246-257 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Living in the community ; Architectural design [housing [elderly]] ; Assistive technology ; Quality of life ; Well being. |
| Annotation | The purpose of the present study was to analyse the relationship between home modifications and ageing-in-place, or living in the same residence where one has spent one's earlier years into old age. The study used a UK subsample of the ENABLE-AGE project ('Enabling Autonomy, Participation and Well-Being in Old Age: the Home Environment as a Determinant for Healthy Ageing'). The purpose of this project, comprising five European nations including the UK, was to examine the home environment and its importance in quality of life. The authors hypothesised that older people who modified their homes were likely to have lived longer in their current properties. Study findings revealed that there was a positive relationship between home modifications and ageing-in-place. The results underscore the importance of a supportive environment to prolong living in housing settings. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026046 A |
| Classmark | BG: K4: KE:YB3: M: F:59: D:F:5HH |
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