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Out of their residential comfort and mastery zones
— toward a more relevant environmental gerontology | | Author(s) | Stephen M Golant |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 26, nos 1-3, January-September 2012 |
| Pages | pp 26-43 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Amenities ; Architectural design ; Needs [elderly] ; Emotions ; Well being ; Theory. |
| Annotation | To advance the field of environmental gerontology and make it more relevant to other social and behavioural scientists, this paper proposes a holistic, emotion-based theoretical model to judge whether older adults occupy residential environments that are congruent with their needs and goals. The model theorises that older people achieve this individual-environment fittingness or 'residential normalcy' when they have two overall favourable and relevant sets of emotional experiences: (1) pleasurable, hassle-free, and memorable feelings - and are in their residential comfort zones; and (2) competence and in control feelings - and are in their residential mastery zones. Older people often find that their residential environments have become emotional battlefields because although they are in their comfort zones, they are out of their mastery zones, or vice versa. Distinguishing these constructs becomes critical as residential settings are increasingly judged not only for their home-like qualities, but also for their ability to provide long-term care. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026051 A |
| Classmark | KE: RH: R8: YB3: IK: DL: D:F:5HH: 4D |
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