Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States

Smith, Stanley K.; Rayer, Stefan; Smith, E. Alistair

doi:10.1080/01944360802197132

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“…According to estimates based on the situation in the U. S. [29], a newly built single-family detached unit will have at least one resident with disability during its expected lifetime. Accordingly, there 6 certainly is a need for accessible housing [30], and research on aspects such as accessibility features essential for people with disabilities are important for planning and public policy.…”

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Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Pettersson

Slaug

Granbom

et al. 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Pettersson

Slaug

Granbom

et al. 2017

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…For instance, a research paper titled Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States clearly raises a problem. "Since disability rates increase with age, Sustainable Home Design by Applying Control Science 8 population aging will bring substantial increases in the number of disabled persons and have a signiicant impact on the nation's housing needs" [27]. In fact, disability rates rise in accordance with age, as shown in Table 5.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…The authors of the study recommend that planners should broaden their vision of the built environment to include the accessibility of the housing stock [27].…”

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“…"DIS-1" on the left side of this table means "individuals with physical limitations," which is deined as persons with long-lasting conditions that substantially limit one or more physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, lifting, and carrying. On the other hand, "DIS-2" stands for "individuals with self-care limitations", which is deined as persons with conditions lasting 6 months or more that make it diicult to dress, bathe, or get around inside the home [27].…”

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Requirements for Sustainable Housing Design

Fujihira¹

2017

Sustainable Home Design by Applying Control Science

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Buildings including homes are related to a variety of environmental, social, and economic problems. In the twenty-irst century, especially two major problems, namely "climate change" and inancial problems resulting from "aging population," are expected to become more serious globally. In order to curb the progress of climate change, building sector has to strengthen "mitigation" measures, including improvement in energy eiciency of buildings and utilization of renewable energy. Building sector must also strengthen "adaptation" measures, aiming to reduce adverse efects caused by climate change. On the other hand, homes need to be transformed into those which contribute to reduce illnesses and injuries, which tend to increase in accordance with aging population. Taking accessible and universal design into homes is efective to increase mobility of occupants as well as to prevent injuries. Homes are used for a very long time; therefore, these considerations need to be comprehensively taken into homes from the beginning.

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“…The complex challenges associated with a move and the failure of many to adequately modify their homes [8] have serious implications for people with mobility limitations. Inaccessible housing has been associated with premature institutionalization, increased care costs, deteriorating health and well-being, dislocated family relations and recourse to higher dependency housing [3,[9][10][11].…”

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User perceptions of existing home access solutions and a novel home access device

Mattie

Borisoff

Wong

et al. 2015

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose-This study aimed to evaluate end user perspectives of four existing home access solutions (HAS) and a newly designed experimental device (the ARISE).Method-A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate the ARISE prototype against other HAS. Specifically, participants trialed stairs, a ramp, a platform lift (PL), a stair glide and the ARISE, after which they completed questionnaires aimed at soliciting their perspectives of these solutions. The time taken by participants to use each HAS was also collected.Results-Five HAS design features were deemed as important by 90% of participants: ease of use, ability to use independently, reliability, safety and security. Time taken to use each HAS from fastest to slowest was: stairs, the ARISE, ramp, PL and stair glide. The ARISE prototype was rated as the first or second most preferred device by the most number of participants, followed by the PL, then the ramp.Conclusions-Results from this study provide greater understanding of user perspectives of HAS. End user feedback on a novel prototype device has provided valuable insight into its usability and function, which should not only guide future development of this device, but also provide direction for other innovations around home access.

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Aging and Disability: Implications for the Housing Industry and Housing Policy in the United States

Cited by 88 publications

References 38 publications

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers

Requirements for Sustainable Housing Design

User perceptions of existing home access solutions and a novel home access device

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