Environments for healthy ageing: A critical review

Clarke, Philippa; Nieuwenhuijsen, Els R.

doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.07.011

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“…Several studies have identified a relationship between outdoor environments and the health status of populations [25]. This relationship is supported by changes in mortality, disease prevalence, physical function, and mental health status in different environments [26].…”

Section: New Pos and Healthy Agingmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Elderly people are undeniably more vulnerable because of their declining health and functional status, financial strain, and social isolation [25,27,28]. Environmental barriers may prevent them from participating in outdoor activities, and they may also experience negative feelings because of stress produced by the surrounding environment.…”

Section: Continuous Improvement Strategies For Pos For Healthy Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Effect mechanisms can explain the health benefits of the environment for the elderly population [25]. Therefore, using the mechanisms underlying the "health-environment" relationship is very effective for discovering the physical environmental attributes of POS that are suitable for healthy aging.…”

Section: Mechanisms and Environmental Attribute Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, POS is necessary to enhance the mobility of elderly people and reduce the probability of falling (Figure 1). For the mobility dimension, six evaluation attributes have been identified from the POS design literature, as follows: legibility [8,34,35], interior to exterior connection [8,23,34], barrier-free sidewalks [13,25,35], route patterns [8,13,34], sufficient lighting [8,23,34], and traffic calming [9,22,34].…”

Section: Mechanisms and Environmental Attribute Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Public Open Space Development for Elderly People by Using the DANP-V Model to Establish Continuous Improvement Strategies towards a Sustainable and Healthy Aging Society

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Abstract:With the global trend of population aging, how to integrate the health needs of elderly people into public open space (POS) development while taking into account public interest is a major challenge in the 21st century. Although the issues of elderly people's health and their POS needs are receiving increasing attention, research on continuous improvement strategies for POS for healthy aging societies is still limited. Hence, this study explored continuous improvement strategies thoroughly and systematically by using the DANP-V model. The findings revealed cognitive differences between expert and elderly groups. Moreover, water features, waste management, and co-maintenance spaces were the three criteria with the largest gap value. POS improvement has previously been implemented based on a priority order ranked from the criterion with largest gap value to the criterion with the smallest one. However, an alternative approach based on the cause-effect relationship is proposed in this paper. The study findings have both theoretical and practical implications for POS planners and designers.

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Section: New Pos and Healthy Agingmentioning

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Public Open Space Development for Elderly People by Using the DANP-V Model to Establish Continuous Improvement Strategies towards a Sustainable and Healthy Aging Society

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“…One of the primary goal of aging society is to promote healthy aging [2]. Healthy aging is a concept that older people can take an active part in society and enjoy an independent and high quality of life [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Immersive Virtual Environment as a Promising Tool for the Elderly-Friendly Assistive Robot Design

Kim

Koo

Hyun

2017

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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As the population of older people continues to rapidly grow worldwide, assistive robots for older people are become more important to maintain their social, physical and psychological well-being. Although the idea of having these robots is an enticing prospect, there are many barriers for older people to adopt the robots in a daily life such as a negative attitude toward a robot, inadequate robot design, confined living environment. Therefore, the in-depth understanding of such barriers prior to adopting the robots is required so as to boost intimate interaction with and acceptance of assistive robot technology. This study thus aims to suggest a guideline that helps understand such barriers with a focus on relationships among the three aspects, namely human, robot, and environment. It then proposes Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE) as a tool to evaluate various scenarios of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), so that it will help find optimal design solutions for assistive robots in consideration of the relationships among the three aspects. This research has great potential to contribute to the design principles of the assistive robots as well as space and environment planning for assistive housing.

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Sustainable Life‐Span Design: A New Model

Joplin¹

2015

The Handbook of Interior Design

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Environments for healthy ageing: A critical review

Cited by 210 publications

References 58 publications

Public Open Space Development for Elderly People by Using the DANP-V Model to Establish Continuous Improvement Strategies towards a Sustainable and Healthy Aging Society

Public Open Space Development for Elderly People by Using the DANP-V Model to Establish Continuous Improvement Strategies towards a Sustainable and Healthy Aging Society

Immersive Virtual Environment as a Promising Tool for the Elderly-Friendly Assistive Robot Design

Sustainable Life‐Span Design: A New Model

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