Designing housing decision-support tools for resilient older people
| Autor: | Bev James, Kay Saville-Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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020205 medical informatics
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Participatory action research 02 engineering and technology Public relations Independence Adaptability 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Maintaining independence Participatory design Decision support tools Architecture 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Psychological resilience Older people business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Architectural Science Review. 61:305-312 |
| ISSN: | 1758-9622 0003-8628 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00038628.2018.1505597 |
| Popis: | Our ageing populations make it critical that older people continue to live and participate in their communities. ‘Ageing in place’, rather than in residential care, is desired by older people themselves and promoted as policy in many countries. Its success, both as policy and practice, depends on housing. House performance, resilience, functionality and adaptability are all essential to maintaining independence. Three New Zealand research programmes have worked with older people to investigate issues around housing, ‘ageing in place’ and how older people and communities can become resilient to adverse natural events. Using participatory research techniques, those programmes have generated evidence-based decision-support tools to help older people maintain independence. These tools have been co-designed and widely tested with older people and others. Designed to help older people identify priorities and information requirements, assess diverse factors determining thermal performance and dwelling re... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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