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| Design for a longitudinal study of the impact of an enhanced environment on the functioning of frail adults | | Author(s) | Stephanie Jo Fonda, George L Maddox, Elizabeth Clipp |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 15, no 4, December 1996 |
| Pages | pp 397-413 |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Residents [care homes] ; Independence ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article documents the development of housing for assisted living (the US equivalent of sheltered housing) for frail, older adults on low to moderate incomes in Durham, North Carolina. A team of researchers from Duke University's Center for Aging, with staff from the Durham Housing Authority, Durham department of Social Services and related community agencies worked together on a research plan to assess the development's impact on residents' day to day living. Residents' health and functioning were assessed every six months using the Service Outcome Screen and the Community Alternatives Program assessment; environmental aspects were examined annually using Rudolf Moos' Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure (MEAP). This article reports preliminary observations form the research. The authors discuss future plans for monitoring residents' functional status and for comparing them to older adults in other settings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980513218 A |
| Classmark | KLA: KX: C3: RH: 3J: 7T |
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