The why and how of redesigning retirement communities for aging in place

Campbell, Nichole

doi:10.1080/08882746.2016.1166858

Cited by 7 publications

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“…First, there is a clear need to ensure housing design optimizes physical activity outcomes for older occupants. This has two facets: (a) the provision of retirement housing that has activity opportunities similar to those of separate houses, within the context of offering compact and affordable dwelling options and (b) the use of universal design principles in all housing to facilitate aging in place, enhance the mobility of those with physical limitations, and reduce the need to modify living spaces in later life (Campbell, 2016; Crews & Zavotka, 2006; WHO, 2015b). For retirement housing planners in particular, the challenge is to develop individual dwellings and the larger complexes in which they are located in a manner that encourages both incremental and planned activity, while accommodating the mobility limitations affecting many residents.…”

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The Potential Importance of Housing Type for Older People’s Physical Activity Levels

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Limited research has investigated the effect of housing type on older people’s physical activity, and the small amount of work to date has relied on self-reported activity levels. The aim of this study was to assess whether housing type is associated with objectively measured physical activity among community-dwelling older people. In total, 430 Australians aged 60 years and older completed a survey and wore an accelerometer for a week. Controlling for a range of confounding variables (age, gender, physical health, neighborhood walkability, and the density of open spaces in the local area), participants living in separate houses were found to engage in higher levels of activity compared with those living in retirement villages. In addition, those living in separate houses and apartments were significantly more likely to meet the physical activity guideline of 150+ min/week compared with those living in retirement villages.

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“…In redesigning a retirement community, Campbell (2016) showed the importance of proximity between social spaces, residents' living units, and daily walking paths and concluded that centrally organized floor plans and walkable paths would be helpful for social life and independent living in a retirement community. In redesigning a retirement community, Campbell (2016) showed the importance of proximity between social spaces, residents' living units, and daily walking paths and concluded that centrally organized floor plans and walkable paths would be helpful for social life and independent living in a retirement community.…”

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“…Interestingly, more recent studies have focused on the importance of outdoor environmental features. In redesigning a retirement community, Campbell (2016) showed the importance of proximity between social spaces, residents' living units, and daily walking paths and concluded that centrally organized floor plans and walkable paths would be helpful for social life and independent living in a retirement community. Hwang and Ziebarth (2015) discussed how transitoriented housing development provided walkable environments for older adults.…”

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Research on Housing for Older Adults: 2001 to 2018

Hwang

Parrott

Brossoie

2019

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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As the size of the older US population continues to rise, the need to understand their housing needs and wants is increasing. The purpose of this article was to review recent research on housing for older adults. We conducted an analysis of three peer‐reviewed journal articles published between 2001 and 2018 using a consumer housing perspective. Findings suggested four areas of housing research have been studied as follows: housing behavior (e.g., aging‐in‐place); perception (e.g., housing satisfaction); policy (e.g., housing affordability and inadequacy); and design features. Implications for future housing research include the assessment of current housing stock and how it can be transformed using technology, home modifications, and local policy to meet growing demands.

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“…By 2025, this proportion is predicted to increase to 7.5 per cent of older Australians (Grant Thornton, 2014). The emergence of agespecific retirement communities is a phenomenon also occurring in the United States of America (Campbell, 2016), United Kingdom (Beach, 2015) and Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 2019). Typically, an Australian retirement village is an estate comprised of a number of individual villas set in landscaped grounds where residents live independently in their own dwelling.…”

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Australian retirement village residents: wellbeing profiles and factors associated with low wellbeing

Joe¹,

Dickins

Cyarto

et al. 2023

Ageing and Society

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The characteristics of Australian retirement village residents, an under-researched population, are not well understood. Knowledge of their wellbeing and modifiable factors associated with low wellbeing would aid in the introduction of health promotion measures and supports to facilitate healthy ageing-in-place. A novel approach utilising latent class analysis (LCA), a statistical method not previously employed to study this population, was undertaken to analyse cross-sectional survey data from 871 participants aged ≥65 years from retirement villages in Queensland, Australia. LCA identified latent, i.e. unobserved, underlying and often difficult to measure, groups within this population based on the responses of individuals to multiple observed variables. Survey participants were divided into groups, each with a distinct profile associated with a wellbeing state, as determined by responses to questions about physical health, unplanned hospitalisations, cognitive health and social connectedness. Multinomial logistic regression explored the relationship between modifiable health and lifestyle characteristics and membership of a particular wellbeing group. The median age of participants was 82 years (interquartile range = 76–88). While 69.0 per cent reported good to excellent health, polypharmacy was evident with 45.6 per cent of participants taking five or more prescription medications. In the previous 12 months, 33.3 per cent had experienced one or more falls and 30.6 per cent an unplanned hospitalisation. Distinct profiles were identified for three wellbeing groups: high (57.7% of participants), moderate (20.6%) and low wellbeing (21.7%). Injurious falls, limited ability to prepare meals and debilitating pain were associated with the moderate and low wellbeing groups. Physical activity significantly lowered the probability of a retirement village resident being in the low wellbeing group. Our findings highlight falls prevention, maintaining adequate nutrition, pain management and regular physical activity as actions that may optimise wellbeing, mitigate functional decline and support the independence of retirement village residents into later years of life.

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The why and how of redesigning retirement communities for aging in place

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

The Potential Importance of Housing Type for Older People’s Physical Activity Levels

The Potential Importance of Housing Type for Older People’s Physical Activity Levels

Research on Housing for Older Adults: 2001 to 2018

Australian retirement village residents: wellbeing profiles and factors associated with low wellbeing

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