scholarly journals A self-sustaining community living environment for urban golden agers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Mohd Ali ◽  
A. A. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Living Environment ◽  
Community Living

scholarly journals Mobility, Physical Activity, and Social Engagement of Community-Living Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 27-27
Author(s):  
Wenjun Li ◽  
Lien Quach
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Community Programs ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Mobility, physical activity and social engagement are important to healthy aging and independent living among older adults. This symposium includes four related studies on these issues. Dr. Lien Quach and her team examined racial and ethnic disparities in social engagement among community-living older adults using data from the national Health and Retirement Study. The analysis found that Asians and Hispanics had significantly lower social engagement score compared with non-Hispanic Whites, advocating for further investigations of the causes of racial disparities in social engagement. Dr. Su-I Hou’s study examined the impact of physical activity and social relationship on social engagement. The study found positive impacts of more physical activity, better social relationships and volunteers on social engagement. The results have important implications to promotion of social engagement among older adults participating in aging-in-community programs. Dr. Ladda Thiamwong’s study demonstrated the benefits of using assistive health technology (AHT) to assess the relationships between fall risks, body compositions and objectively measured physical activity in older adults. Dr. Thiamwong’ will discuss the research protocol and preliminary results. Dr. Li’s Health Aging and Neighborhood Study examined variations of older adults’ driving behaviors by sex, age, race, income, health status and housing density of the neighborhoods. The study found substantial differences in mobility and driving patterns by both personal characteristics and neighborhood living environment. The findings have important implications to community programs that support older adults aging in place.

Implementing a cornerstone of culture change: Consistent staff assignment in VHA community living centers.

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonne Lemke ◽  
Penny L. Brennan ◽  
Sonya SooHoo ◽  
Kathleen K. Schutte
Keyword(s):  
Culture Change ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Staff Assignment ◽  
Community Living Centers

Senior Living - Lighting, Circadian Rhythm and Dementia I

2019 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Tadej Glažar ◽  
Marjeta Zupancic ◽  
Samo Kralj ◽  
Robert Peternelj
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Light Spectrum ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Lighting Conditions ◽  
Light Levels ◽  
Joint Fracture ◽  
Lease Contracts

The Real Estate Fund of Pension and Disability Insurance (Nepremicninski Sklad) in Slovenia, founded in1997 is the owner of 3255 properties in 116 locations throughout the country and is intended for solving housing issues of pensioners of 65 years or older and other elderly persons who are allowed independently to live. The lease contracts are concluded for an indefinite period of time. The aim and vision of the Fund is to improve the quality of life for the elderly tenants by adapting the living environment, the flats and surroundings according to the physical needs of aging tenants. Homes for seniors often have low light levels and poor light spectrum caused by fluorescent or incandescent lighting. Demographic changes in most European countries show rising average life expectancy which means that the number of people with weak visual capacity or visual impairment is increasing. Equally the risks of injuries due to poor lighting conditions are increasing, e.g. missing a step resulting in a hip joint fracture. Better lighting conditions are of critical importance for aging population, as stated also in the recently published CIE227:2017. To facilitate safe environment for the elderly, the Fund in 2013 initiated a lighting research study that should provide facts and evidence for a lighting standard for their own premises.

Design Parameters Of A Comfortable Living Environment In The Normative Documentation

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-56
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Internal Space ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Normative Documentation ◽  
The Russian Federation

Currently, the professional construction community information field is largely filled with the topic of creating a comfortable living environment. However, architectural and engineering design that corresponds to the concept of sustainable development is currently hindered due to the lack of a formed conceptual framework that reveals the meaning of the term "comfort", as well as a criteria list that determines the indoor environment quality in the Russian Federation regulatory and technical framework. The article offers some components of a comfortable living environment, within which the parameters of designing the internal environment of premises are highlighted. A comparative analysis of the national standards of the Russian Federation regulating the design of the internal space of residential and public buildings, with international "green" standards for a number of parameters was carried out. It is concluded that it is necessary to update the Russian regulatory and technical base taking into account the international experience of "green" standards.

ASPECTS OF THE FORMATION OF A GENDER-SENSITIVE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-243
Author(s):  
Pidlisetska Kh. ◽  
◽  
Hnat H. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Residential Structures

The article considers aspects of the perception of space from the standpoint of gender, and their impact on the formation of a quality living environment. The results of a sociological study are presented, which indicate the existence of differences in the requirements for the formation of the urban environment of housing and the assessment of its qualities by men and women.

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