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Age-Friendly Housing Environments

Year: 2018

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The world population is ageing owing to rising longevity and declining fertility rate. More older people are nowadays living alone in housing that is generally not adapted to their new needs and requirements. Evidence suggests that the majority of older people want to remain in their own homes for as long as possible to retain a sense of familiarity and independence which has shown positive effects on people’s overall health and wellbeing. Responding to this trend, the large mainstream housing stock needs to be easily retrofitted with the intervention of technology such that it can respond to older people’s changing needs.

Source: Pure (Coventry University)

Authors: Karim Hadjri, Tulika Gadakari, Junjie Huang, Jingjing Wang

Institution: University of Sheffield

Language: English

Topic: Technology Use by Older Adults

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2952794427

FWCI: 2.113

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Cited by: 3

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