Age-Friendly Built Environment

Chau, Hing-Wah; Jamei, Elmira

doi:10.3390/encyclopedia1030060

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“…It shows that the aged who live alone have higher demands on their community environment than those who live with their partners or children. The finding supports the study by Chau and Jamei [ 25 ], who reported that the aged who live alone or lost a partner are more likely to suffer from loneliness, and therefore require more social support. It is also consistent with previous studies examined in this research that loneliness leads to great dependence on the community environment [ 80 ].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Yu et al [ 15 ] argued that improving the physical environment can help reduce pedestrian hazards on the road, enhance perimeter accessibility, and encourage outdoor activities. Some countries have issued design guidelines, such as the Lifetime Homes Design Guide in the UK and Australia’s Livable Housing Design Guidelines, to provide a comfortable living environment for the aged [ 25 ]. Sweden has also attempted to eliminate physical environmental barriers with housing renovations [ 26 ].…”

Section: Literature Review and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dilapidated houses or lack of internal amenities are harmful to the aged [ 36 ]. Chau and Jamei pointed out that older persons’ willingness to spend time outdoors would increase if the outdoor environment were conducive to the elderly [ 25 ] since a safe and accessible outdoor environment can enhance the independence and health of the elderly [ 37 ]. Examples are more seating and lighting in public spaces, unobstructed and wheelchair-accessible sidewalks, accessibility to transportation systems, and public space [ 38 ].…”

Section: Literature Review and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Environmental Demands of Age-Friendly Communities from Perspectives of Different Residential Groups: A Case of Wuhan, China

Yan

Wang

et al. 2022

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Age-friendly communities (AFCs) are an important measure for fostering active aging. The key to achieving an age-friendly living environment is to construct or renovate it according to the residents’ demands. To date, very few studies have attempted to delve into the AFCs’ environmental demand from different groups’ perspectives. Based on the theory of place attachment, the aim of this paper is to explore the demand diversity of different groups for the AFC environment. This study employs the nonparametric test and the Ordinal Priority Approach (OPA) to investigate the demands from the residents’ perspectives, and is enhanced by incorporating experts’ opinions. The empirical analysis shows that residents have a high level of demand for the physical environment (indoor and outdoor) and social environment (community services and social participation). At the same time, experts advocate the importance of using digital technologies to support people aged 45–65 who have higher requirements for a community environment than older adults. The findings also show that other backgrounds, such as gender, living arrangements, and year of the community establishment, lead to different demands. However, the impact of residents’ education level, occupation, income, and self-care ability on the environmental demands is low. Based on the research findings, the paper provides some practical suggestions for the future design and development of AFCs.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Literature Review and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Review and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessment of Environmental Demands of Age-Friendly Communities from Perspectives of Different Residential Groups: A Case of Wuhan, China

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Wang

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“…Although age-friendly built environment aspects are addressed in [ 18 ], the technology aspects are not included in that study.…”

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Managing Perceived Loneliness and Social-Isolation Levels for Older Adults: A Survey with Focus on Wearables-Based Solutions

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Lohan

Jolanki

et al. 2022

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As an inevitable process, the number of older adults is increasing in many countries worldwide. Two of the main problems that society is being confronted with more and more, in this respect, are the inter-related aspects of feelings of loneliness and social isolation among older adults. In particular, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and its associated restrictions have exacerbated the loneliness and social-isolation problems. This paper is first and foremost a comprehensive survey of loneliness monitoring and management solutions, from the multidisciplinary perspective of technology, gerontology, socio-psychology, and urban built environment. In addition, our paper also investigates machine learning-based technological solutions with wearable-sensor data, suitable to measure, monitor, manage, and/or diminish the levels of loneliness and social isolation, when one also considers the constraints and characteristics coming from social science, gerontology, and architecture/urban built environments points of view. Compared to the existing state of the art, our work is unique from the cross-disciplinary point of view, because our authors’ team combines the expertise from four distinct domains, i.e., gerontology, social psychology, architecture, and wireless technology in addressing the two inter-related problems of loneliness and social isolation in older adults. This work combines a cross-disciplinary survey of the literature in the four aforementioned domains with a proposed wearable-based technological solution, introduced first as a generic framework and, then, exemplified through a simple proof of concept with dummy data. As the main findings, we provide a comprehensive view on challenges and solutions in utilizing various technologies, particularly those carried by users, also known as wearables, to measure, manage, and/or diminish the social isolation and the perceived loneliness among older adults. In addition, we also summarize the identified solutions which can be used for measuring and monitoring various loneliness- and social isolation-related metrics, and we present and validate, through a simple proof-of-concept mechanism, an approach based on machine learning for predicting and estimating loneliness levels. Open research issues in this field are also discussed.

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“…This greater difficulty in moving around in the community, imposed by the characteristics of the environment, can lead to the need for assistance, as our work suggests, with obstacles on ramps, sidewalks, parks, and squares. If older people can feel comfortable and safe in public spaces, their willingness to spend time outdoors will increase [ 39 ]. Outdoor green spaces, in particular, can play an important role in promoting active aging through physical activities, social relationships, and community participation [ 40 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving around a Large City in Latin America: The Mobility Challenges Faced by Older Adults with Disabilities

Flores

Rosenberg

2021

IJERPH

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A growing body of research has shown that barriers in the urban environment can be disabling by reducing the ability of older people to manage independently in the community, but also because they can negatively affect health by limiting the possibilities to move outside the home. In this study, we ask how obstacles in the urban environment are associated with the need for help to go to places in the community. To respond to this question, we used the Annual Household Survey of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2018, which had a specific questionnaire for people with disabilities. From this sample, we selected adults aged 65 years or older with difficulties in at least one of six domains: vision; hearing; upper and lower body mobility; cognition; self-care; and communication. The final sample consisted of 513 persons (weighted = 109,316). First, we conducted a principal component analysis identifying three factors from variables of obstacles to access and use the urban environment: transportation; outdoor spaces; and information. Second, through a logistic regression model, we observed a direct relationship between these factors and the need for help to move in the community, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and number of disabilities. This paper provides evidence on the significance of improving urban spaces to reduce dependent mobility. In Latin America, cities still face many challenges in becoming more age-friendly.

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Age-Friendly Built Environment

Cited by 18 publications

References 39 publications

Assessment of Environmental Demands of Age-Friendly Communities from Perspectives of Different Residential Groups: A Case of Wuhan, China

Assessment of Environmental Demands of Age-Friendly Communities from Perspectives of Different Residential Groups: A Case of Wuhan, China

Managing Perceived Loneliness and Social-Isolation Levels for Older Adults: A Survey with Focus on Wearables-Based Solutions

Moving around a Large City in Latin America: The Mobility Challenges Faced by Older Adults with Disabilities

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