Home safety, accessibility, and elderly health: Evidence from falls

Eriksen, Michael D.; Greenhalgh-Stanley, Nadia; Engelhardt, Gary V.

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2015.02.003

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“…Moreover, safety confers not only a perceptive meaning to the elderly but also signifies the safety of the living environment (buildings, communities, and rooms) in the actual living experience [11,13] as well as the prevention of accidents. Housing improvement policies guided by safety considerations mainly strive to prevent any possible accidents, such as falling [31][32][33], fire caused by a power surges and short circuits, or fire accidents [34]. Hence, such interventions for the improvement of safety and prevention of accidents are to ensure the elderly are secure in their daily lives, preventing them from suffering accident-related fatalities and injuries.…”

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“…Lighting provides not only a pleasant mood both emotionally and perceptually but also higher alertness and vigilance [49]. Apart from that, wet and slippery floors in bathrooms and kitchens make these areas the most dangerous for falling, which can then lead to major injuries and medical expenses [32]. Therefore, flooring materials must, once again, be considered in terms of their anti-slip [4,36] properties.…”

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Assessment of and Improvement Strategies for the Housing of Healthy Elderly: Improving Quality of Life

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Global population is aging, particularly in developed countries and cities. Through the "Friendly Elderly Cities" and "Aging in Place" initiatives, various countries are making great efforts to improve the welfare and quality of life of the elderly, with the aim of catering to the physical and spiritual health as well as social welfare of the elderly. In this regard, the improvement of the housing environment of the elderly is one of the key factors in their quality of life and health. This study aims to effectively assess and improve the housing environment of the elderly in order to enhance their quality of life; it also aims to contribute the knowledge about improving elderly housing by applying an assessment framework using expert interviews and data collected from relevant literature. Using a mixed Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis model, a combination of the DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory)-based ANP (Analytic Network Process) (DANP) and the modified VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR) methods, and the investigations and assessments in the case study, this study proposes strategies and directions for improving elderly housing. The study results indicate that, as distinct from using traditional methodologies where the hypothesis criteria are mutually independent, the proposed hybrid model (examining real-life problems by considering the mutual influences of factors) identifies a priority sequence wherein emphasis is placed on improving ventilation and air quality rather than adjustment of temperature. The systemic way of thinking shifts the focus from the most apparent problems to the root cause of the problems. Doing so avoids any mismatch of resource allocation in decision-making and thus maximizes the efficiency and sustainability of the improvement.

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“…Home adaptation research has provided evidence that the loss of independence and control can be mitigated by modifying the environment, indeed it has been shown that making home adaptations before they are specifically required can delay admission to long term care and prevent hospital admissions (Eriksen, Greenhalgh-Stanley, & Engelhardt, 2015).…”

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How People with Dementia and their Carers Adapt their Homes. A Qualitative Study

2017

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The objective was to explore the ways in which people with dementia and their carers adapt their homes, including the barriers and use of available information. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten people with dementia and their informal carer. The collected data were analysed using thematic analysis. Three core themes emerged: Maintaining familiarity and coping with change, Having knowledge and finding knowledge and Meeting challenges through home adaptation. The most significant barriers to making home adaptations were lack of knowledge and maintaining familiarity. Having more information and making home modifications earlier might enable individuals with dementia to adjust to their adapted environment.

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“…Under the HECM terms, borrowers are required to keep the home in good repair. 41 The findings of Eriksen et al (2013) suggest that older homeowners should be investing more in home maintenance and improvements as they age in order to prevent accidents that precipitate large medical costs. 42 Since reverse mortgages can be used to help fund home improvements, they have the potential to help adapt the existing housing stock to an increasingly aged population.…”

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How Mortgage Finance Affects the Urban Landscape

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Tracy

2015

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis chapter considers the structure of mortgage finance in the U.S., and its role in shaping patterns of homeownership, the nature of the housing stock, and the organization of residential activity. We start by providing some background on the design features of mortgage contracts that distinguish them from other loans, and that have important implications for issues presented in the rest of the chapter. We then explain how mortgage finance interacts with public policy, particularly tax policy, to influence a household's decision to own or rent, and how shifts in the demand for owner-occupied housing are translated into housing prices and quantities, given the unusual nature of housing supply. We consider the distribution of mortgage credit in terms of access and price, by race, ethnicity, income, and over the lifecycle, with particular attention to the role of recent innovations such as non-prime mortgage securitization and reverse mortgages. The extent of negative equity has been unprecedented in the past decade, and we discuss its impact on strategic default, housing turnover, and housing investment. We describe spatial patterns in foreclosure and summarize the evidence for foreclosure spillovers in urban neighborhoods. Finally, we offer some thoughts on future innovations in mortgage finance. How Mortgage Finance Affects the Urban LandscapeOver 80 percent of Americans live in metropolitan areas, and housing is the dominant land use in cities. For many Americans, homeownership is an important goal, and a substantial majority of the population, including renters, believes that homeownership is a good way to improve their financial situation (Fannie Mae, 2013). For many owners, and for the great majority of renters, purchasing a home will mean obtaining a mortgage. For this reason, the availability and form of mortgages is an important determinant of the homeownership rate, which in turn affects the nature of the housing stock and the organization of residential activity within and across metropolitan areas.In this chapter, we consider the literature on mortgage finance in the U.S. and its role in shaping the urban landscape. The 2000s witnessed an enormous boom/bust cycle in the residential real estate market, followed by the sharpest contraction in the overall economy since the 1930s.These events, which are widely thought to have been driven at least in part by the mortgage market, had a pronounced spatial pattern ...

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Home safety, accessibility, and elderly health: Evidence from falls

Cited by 27 publications

References 19 publications

Assessment of and Improvement Strategies for the Housing of Healthy Elderly: Improving Quality of Life

Assessment of and Improvement Strategies for the Housing of Healthy Elderly: Improving Quality of Life

How People with Dementia and their Carers Adapt their Homes. A Qualitative Study

How Mortgage Finance Affects the Urban Landscape

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