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| Transitions in kitchen living | | Author(s) | Sheila Peace, John Percival, Martin Maguire |
| Corporate Author | New Dynamics of Ageing Programme - NDA; Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield |
| Publisher | New Dynamics of Ageing - NDA, Sheffield, 2012 |
| Pages | 8 pp (NDA Findings 13) |
| Source | NDA Research Programme, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Elmfield, Northumberland Road, Sheffield S10 2TU. www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Kitchens ; Design ; Ergonomics ; Projects ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | For people of all ages, the kitchen can be the hub of the home and a centre of person-environment interaction. The overall aim of this research was to investigate the experience of the kitchen for people currently in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s living in a variety of mainstream and supportive housing in England. Participants were 48 people living in urban and semi-rural areas of Bristol and Loughborough. Each person was asked to relate their "kitchen history". The research provides an insight into the ergonomic problems that older people currently face, and how it would be preferable for kitchens to be designed to be truly flexible and meet older people's changing needs as they grow older. The research was both collaborative and multidisciplinary, involving social gerontologists from the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, and ergonomists at Loughborough University's Design School. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130503003 P |
| Classmark | YDK: 33: 38: 3E: 3A:6KC * |
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