Housing For Elderly Research Articles

Analysis of Research Trends in Elderly Housing Keyword Network Analysis

Analysis of Research Trends in Elderly Housing Keyword Network Analysis

Analyzing the Relationship Between Housing and Social Engagement Among the Elderly

Utilizing a large-scale public health survey in Sweden, this paper analyzes the relationship between the fraction of elderly above the age of 80 who live in various tenure forms, and their social engagement. Social engagement is a measure of both social interaction with others, and overall engagement in society. This measure has an established relationship with mental and physical health, even as the causal mechanism are still understudied. Across 130 municipalities, we find that a higher fraction of elderly living in elderly housing is associated with a lower fraction of elderly classified as having a low level of social engagement. We also find that a higher fraction of elderly living in single-family houses is associated with a higher fraction of elderly classified as having a low level of social engagement. The results support that closer proximity to neighbors, and potentially the engagement offered through services in elderly care, increases overall social engagement among the elderly, thereby also assumably promoting better mental and physical health. We elaborate on the relationship between the findings, and housing policies toward elderly populations.

Problems and design strategies for elderly housing

In article describes the choice of methods for caring for the elderly and the comfort of living spaces are closely linked to aging-friendly design. Aging leads to a decline in physical functions, resulting in numerous obstacles in life. Therefore, the article analyzes the activity of housing for the elderly, taking aging-friendly design as a starting point. The development status of elderly housing needs in management, safety, social interaction, respect, and other aspects are examined. Design strategies conducive to aging, in terms of lighting, ventilation, detailed environment, public spaces, and intellectual services, are proposed. This aims to enhance comfort, safety, and livability in housing for the elderly and ensure the quality of life for older people. With the rapid growth in demand for elderly care, the vacancy rate in elderly housing reaches 50%. Due to changes in social and family structure, most elderly people live alone and lack security. Elderly homes have become ideal places for them. Currently, most care facilities lack professional management, and the services provided are too uniform. This leads to a weak sense of identity, with resources remaining underutilized. For semi-disabled individuals, standardized conditions do not always meet their expectations for rehabilitation care, medical services, and spiritual comfort. Elderly people face behavioral disorders affecting sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Declines in the five senses, including speech impairments, mobility difficulties, and physiological disorders, lead to psychological needs such as socialization and self-realization. Aging-friendly design is based on the physiological and psychological cognitive characteristics of elderly people. It aims to create an environment that meets their needs and ensures effective care for them. The aim of the study is to analyze the problems associated with designing buildings for the elderly and to determine strategies for creating a supportive design that considers the needs and characteristics of the target audience. The work is aimed at improving the comfort, safety, and quality of life of elderly people by providing them with an appropriate living environment.

A Study on the Extraction of Community Vitalization Factors of Residents Living in Public Rental Elderly Housing

A Study on the Extraction of Community Vitalization Factors of Residents Living in Public Rental Elderly Housing

고령자 서비스 결합주택의 공급제도 연구

Although social demand on integrated service housing for the elderly, there were not enough researches focusing on supply model in detail. The objective of this study is to develop more sophsticated model concerned on service integrated housing based on the preferece of the elderly viewpoints. Considering its development stage for elderly house with services, delphi method can be a substantial instrument in constructing service housing model. The service integrated housing has a dual components that comprise of housing aspect and welfare one so interviewees were divided by urban and housing researchers and those of welfare division. Two rounds of questionaare was implemented in order to set up supply model for the service housing. Main conclusions are as follows. first, providing home-like arrangement are important for making curing environment and middle size are opt to compared with small or large size complexes. Second, facilitating private participation for service housing, setting up assistant program in supply and operation stage of that housing. Third, new legislation is urgent task in facilitating and making age friendly supply environment. Considering the shortage of service housing provision, legislative endeavour are urgently needed for our future.

An Assessment of Dining Room Design Aspects in Housing for Elderly People

Dining room in houses should be designed ergonomically in a way that are easy to handle and operateand should be provided with age-friendly furniture to avoid any injuries.The study aimed to understand the dining room design features in elderly people housing. Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is selected as study location. A sample of 60 elderly women was selected purposively. The existing dining room of elderly houses were physically observed and evaluated as per the standard recommended design guidelines. The study revealed that majority (93%) of the dining rooms had both direct and indirect accessibility to various rooms as per the guidelines. It was observed that maximum houses where elderly are residing had ceiling of dining area at a height above the recommended guidelines.Provision of circulation Space in dining area was felt neutral by more than half respondents. Most of the elderly preferred dining area in every house with recommended features.There is an association between the existing dining room design and the needs of the respondents to age in place with reference to dining room design.

Community gardens and psychological well-being among older people in elderly housing with care services: The role of the social environment

With population aging, increasing numbers of elderly people in Japan are expected to enter aged care facilities (ACFs). Although research has shown that access to community gardens (CGs) is generally beneficial to older people's psychological well-being, the mechanisms by which the usage and quality of CGs influence the well-being of older adults in ACFs remain insufficiently studied. Therefore, this study aims to explore the associations between garden factors (i.e., garden visit frequency and perceived garden quality) and older adults' psychological well-being outcomes (i.e., positive well-being and self-rated health) and to investigate the mediating role of neighborhood social environment factors (i.e., outing frequency, social participation, perceived neighborhood social cohesion, and perceived neighborhood attachment) in these associations. We conducted a questionnaire survey with 322 older adults from twelve elderly housing with care services (EHCSs) in the Tokyo metropolitan area (TMA) of Japan. The multiple regression models showed that both garden factors were positively associated with positive well-being and self-rated health. The parallel mediation models showed that higher garden visit frequency and perceived garden quality were associated with higher outing frequency and perceived neighborhood social cohesion and, in turn, with higher positive well-being. Moreover, higher garden visit frequency and perceived garden quality were associated with greater social participation and thereby with better self-rated health; higher perceived garden quality was also associated with higher perceived neighborhood attachment and thus with better self-rated health. Our findings elucidate the potential mechanisms underlying the beneficial associations between CGs and the psychological well-being of older adults in ACFs, emphasizing the important role of cultivating friendly social environments in CGs in enhancing healthy aging.

코로나19 전후 고령가구 주거이동 실태 비교연구

This study aimed to analyze changes in the housing mobility patterns of elderly households nationwide before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the determinants influencing their intention to move, using microdata from Korea housing survey. The analysis utilized binary logistic regression, considering the characteristics of the dependent variable. The main findings of this study are as follows. First, there were significant differences in the determinants influencing the elderly households’ intention to move before and after COVID-19. The determinants include the number of household members, monthly average total disposable income and residential environment satisfaction. Second, after COVID-19, elderly households tend to have an increased preference for urban areas with relatively good residential environments. Third, a polarization in housing mobility between urban and non-urban areas was observed among the elderly after COVID-19. This study aimed to interpret the implications and motivations of residential mobility choices through a micro-level analysis of the residential mobility of the elderly, which has been discussed collectively due to the small number of cases. This study also confirmed that in order to ensure housing stability for the elderly, senior employment policies should be implemented concurrently. According to the findings, it is it is necessary to implement localized senior housing alternatives that reflect the changing residential mobility needs of the elderly. Furthermore, the reconfiguration of urban infrastructure to accommodate the aging population should be prioritized in elderly housing policies, in line with the pace of population aging.

Simulation analysis of Finnish residential buildings’ resilience to hot summers under a changing climate

This study evaluated how residential buildings in Finland's cold climate withstand hot summers under climate change. The buildings' responses to outdoor temperatures, overheating, energy consumption, and cooling power demand were investigated with the actual data of the hot summer of 2018, and its projected conditions for 2050 and 2080 under the highest Representative Concentration Pathway. The results revealed that lightweight structured detached houses reacted about two times faster to outdoor temperatures. The new apartment and the new elderly house, constructed according to the latest Finnish building code, showed slower responses and lower indoor temperatures during current and future hot summers with no degree hours above the Finnish health limits of 30 °C/32 °C. Conversely, the old non-renovated apartment building and elderly house built in the 1970s–80s experienced higher indoor temperatures. Their indoor temperature surpassed 30 °C/32 °C even in the current climate. Although passive solutions reduced indoor temperatures effectively, hot summers necessitated active cooling systems. The cooling energy and power demand in the old buildings were higher compared to the new ones. However, the cooling electricity consumption was considerably small compared to the heating and total energy consumption in all the studied buildings. It was projected to increase in future climates by 40–160 % depending on the building type and climate scenario.

Comparison of the air change per hour measured over four seasons in the residential buildings of the urban, rural, and industrial areas of South Korea: K-IOP Study

Air infiltration, calcuated by air changes per hour (ACH) is a key factor in assessing the potential amount of air borne pollutants moving from outdoor into indoor spaces. We measured the natural ACH through fall, winter, spring, and summer (2 weeks/season), in 81 nonsmoking elderly houses located in urban (n = 29), industrial (n = 26) and rural (n = 26) areas from 2021 to 2022 consecutively. Indoor CO2 data measured at dawn (01:00 to 05:00 a.m.) over four season was used to estimate the ACH. Moreover, morning ACHs were also calculated from the CO2 level monitored in the morning, when the levels were dropped significantly with opening a window during fall, winter, and spring. The ACH at dawn over the four seasons ranged from 0.02 to 0.03,while that in the morning with opening a window was 0.2 to 0.3. Our multivariate regression models demonstrated that the difference in CO2 concentration during dawn was positively associated with the ACH change after adjusting for seasonality. In addition, after controlling for the study area, ACH was approximately 50 % higher during summer than during the other seasons (p < 0.05). This study elucidates the seasonal and regional distributions of ACH; a determination of these patterns may further contribute to future simulation or prediction studies assessing the associations among indoor air quality, activity patterns and ventilation practices among Korean elderly population.

A study of spatial rationality in the architectural design of senior citizen apartments in terms of calculation and biological effects

Abstract This paper is based on the photobiological effect of the role of the collation of different light colors under the elderly pupil change and the luminance level function of the relationship between the equation so as to use this for the rationality of the design of the elderly housing. The non-visual direct response (nvRD) model is also used to predict the relative non-visual response to light and to compare the relative effectiveness of different light modes in providing potential health benefits to humans. The effects of different light illumination on mood affectivity and visual comfort were calculated using the modified spatial contrast (mSC) model and the preliminary gaze response light drive (GRL) model. Finally, the effects of different light intensities and situations on the physical heart rate and cardiovascular indexes of the elderly were examined using the experimental design of photobiological effects. The results showed that the T-wave time under green light increased by 4.008 ms on average, and the QT band interval under red light and green light had a more obvious increase, with an average increase of 5.131 ms for red light and 7.238 ms for green light, while the ventricular rate under blue light showed signs of acceleration, with an average increase of 2.352 beats. The rational design of space in elderly apartments is supported by theoretical reference and data basis in this paper.

Policy Gap of the Thai Elderly Housing Among Aging Population within Middle-and Low-Income Group

Objectives: The purposes of this research were 1) to study Thai elderly housing policy, and 2) to analyse the adequacy of Thai government in preparing the elderly housing.&#x0D; &#x0D; Method: This research is a descriptive research which applied secondary data collection method and a study of policy gap of the Thai elderly housing among aging population within middle-and low-income group. SWOT Analysis and TOWS Matrix Analysis techniques were used by collecting data to study the details and regulations of the government policy concerned with the elderly housing and compared to the current statistical data on population aging to determine the current adequacy of policy support towards the increasing number of the older population, and to provide recommendations for appropriate policy solutions.&#x0D; &#x0D; Result: Thailand will become a full-fledged aging society. Population with low income earning less than 60,000 baht per year. There is a decrease in the elderly income in comparison to the increase in elderly population. Moreover, there are only 4.3 percent of the total elders who have more than 3 million baht in savings whereas the government has issued the policies to provide assistance to the aging population, such as the housing loan policy. However, there are still a number of 2.25 million low-income people who do not possess certification of land ownership and yet cannot access to this aid pro-vided. Elder Social Welfare Development Center provides the supports to the elders in difficult condition, but only 0.057 percent are reported. Never-theless, the Baan Pracharat scheme covers only the elder who have income relatively range from middle to low. Furthermore, the project focuses on living in the same place which is suitable for the elders with low income and already have relative accommodations.An analysis result using SWOT and TOWS showed that the current policy was insufficient to the needs. There is a need of additional budget to be prepared approximately 1.42 trillion-baht accounting to 56 percent of the tax revenue from the Parliamentary Budget Office after an allocation in the year 2019. This is considered to be a very high budget.&#x0D; &#x0D; Conclusion: the housing policy provides for the elders with low- and middle-income is not a sustainable solution. The government should create a solution for the long term.

Description of the Level of Knowledge and Attitudes of the Elderly About Rheumatoid Arthitis

The purpose of this study was to describe the level of knowledge and attitudes of the elderly about rheumatoid arthritis. This research uses a descriptive method. The population is all the elderly who are in the Posyandu Elderly Housing Complex of the Balaibaru Police Working Area of the Belimbing Padang Health Center with a total sample of 82 elderly. The results showed that 78% of the elderly had good knowledge about rheumatoid arthritis and 64.4% of the elderly had a positive attitude about rheumatoid arthritis. Research on the description of the level of knowledge and attitudes of the elderly about rheumatoid arthritis has obtained good results, for this reason it is hoped that the Belimbing Padang Health Center can improve the provision of much more and more information about rheumatoid arthritis in order to improve the health status of the elderly much better better than before.

サービス付き高齢者向け住宅の家賃相場を含めた立地特性の多様さに関する事例考察

The amount of elderly housing with support services, first implemented in 2011, has been increasing. Unlike rental fees for general housing, which are highly correlated with roadside land values, rental fees for elderly housing with support services are less correlated with roadside land values. They are, however, affected by various location factors. The purpose of this study is to clarify the diverse location factors, including surrounding rent markets, based on the results of previous studies on rental housing. In addition, factors, including location and rent, considered by the elderly when choosing housing that provides support services will also be examined.

Comforf Food pada Lansia di Panti Werdha Salatiga

Background: Comforf food is a food that is directly selected by the elderly on the basis that the food is delicious, pleasant texture, like crispy and the aroma of food is more sweet or salty than sour and bitter. One way to increase appetite and enjoyment when consuming food, through a comforf food approach. Research Objective: Describe comforf food for the elderly in Salatiga Nursing Home. Research Method: This study uses descriptive qualitative research methods, the criteria for participants are elderly women over the age of 60 years who live in nursing homes and are still able to communicate. The number of study participants was 12 elderly people at Merbabu Nursing Home, White Cross Nursing Home and Maria Martha Elderly House. Results: Based on the results of this study, it was found that the elderly living in Maria Martha Nursing Home, Merbabu Nursing Home and White Cross Nursing Home, had impaired nutritional status or Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) which was at risk of malnutrition (six people).

노인복지주택의 공급 활성화 방안에 관한 연구

1. CONTENTS (1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to find ways to revitalize the supply of welfare housing for the elderly by identifying the current situation and problems in which welfare housing for the elderly have been supplied sluggishly and supplied mainly for the high-income class. (2) RESEARCH METHOD As a research method, the supply of systematic private construction rental housing and the supply case of elderly housing in major developed countries were first compared and analyzed based on previous research papers and various literature. In addition, various statistical data at home and abroad were used here. (3) RESEARCH FINDINGS As a result of the study, the reason for the sluggish supply of welfare housing for the elderly and the high-priced supply were that the market principle of supply and demand in the elderly housing market has not worked properly. 2. RESULTS As a way to improve and revitalize this, first, it is to classify and define elderly welfare housing defined as facilities into housing type and facility type, and to prepare detailed regulations on the supply, installation, operation, and management of elderly welfare housing. Second, it is to improve the system to guarantee the return of full admission deposits and secure land ownership. Third, the government or local governments supply land cheaply to social welfare corporations, medical care, and religious corporations to improve the profit structure of suppliers, while allowing installation operators to pursue the public interest of welfare for the elderly. Fourth, local governments develop and distribute programs to introduce a facility operation evaluation system, train professional operation managers, and supervise facility operation.

Home Modification Status and Needs of Older Adults Households for Sustainable Living in the Community - Focused on the Korea Housing Survey 2020 -

This study aims to provide implications as basic data for seeking spatial alternatives for sustainable home-based elderly housing in the community and establishing policies by identifying the reality of housing modification and improvement needs of older adults households. The analysis data used the micro-data of Korea housing survey 2020, and the older adults household owners aged 65 or older who responded that they had experience in housing modification were targeted. As a result, older adults households of ‘female’ and ‘over 85 years of age’ were found to be the most in need of support as both the awareness and use rate of home modification installation and housing support programs were lower than others. Most of the home modification items were repaired in the kitchen and toilet-related facilities, ‘lever-type faucet (faucet)’, and ‘a kitchen workbench of appropriate height’ was the highest in order. The necessary home modification was ‘safe flooring for anti-slip’, ‘a toilet or bathroom support handles’, ‘emergency bells in the house’, and ‘removal of steps such as thresholds and stairs in the house’ were higher than others. ‘Male’ older adults households were more aware of the housing support program than ‘female’ older adults. Even though home modification was the preferred program, it showed a low utilization rate.

Enhancing sustainability and resilience of elderly dwellings: Optimized refurbishing parameters and air conditioning operation

Refurbishing buildings to minimize lifecycle costs and increase reliance on natural ventilation may reduce building resilience to extreme weather. This is critical for elderly whose health is affected by exposure to thermally stressful conditions. This study proposes a novel approach for refurbishing elderly houses to enhance their sustainability and heatwave resilience with the aim of supporting low-income groups. This approach involves using multi-objective optimization to identify refurbishment parameters and an autonomous control strategy to provide thermoneutral indoor conditions at a low cost.The optimization procedure and control strategy were applied to a case study for a representative apartment in the Mediterranean climate using a validated building model. The strategy led to substantial reduction (61%) in cooling energy, while the optimization yielded Pareto solutions that showed trade-offs between lifecycle cost and resilience. A selected solution resulted in reduced electrical usage for heating (37%) and cooling (45%) and decreased indoor overheating during heatwaves. The study recommends design features for cost-effective and resilient elderly housing in the Mediterranean climate, such as limited window area, enhanced thermal properties, and a modest air conditioning system for low-income populations. Larger windows and AC systems are recommended for high income populations seeking reduced operational expenses and improved sustainability.

Investigation of elevator-aided evacuation strategies for older people in high-rise elderly housing

Staircase evacuation is the major means of fire evacuation for current high-rise residential buildings. However, its feasibility may be questioned as the increasing aging population and many recent constructions of elderly community estates comprising high-rise apartment buildings. The weakness in physical strength and mobility impairment of older people may impede the successful implementation of staircase evacuation. Therefore, it is reasonable to consider facilitating older people's evacuation with elevators, shorted as elevator-aided evacuation (EAE). In order to find the most appropriate EAE strategy for high-rise elderly housing evacuation, three possbile strategy modes for EAE are proposed: horizontally rationed EAE (S1), vertically rationed EAE (S2), and refuge floor gathered EAE (S3). Using evacuation simulation to examine evacuation efficiencies of these proposed strategy modes varying in different evacuation scenarios, we find that S2 is appropriate for middle high-rise building (12 & 24 stories) evacuation; S3 is suitable for ultra high-rise building (36 & 48 stories) evacuation with a low occupants' density per floor; S1 is the most preferable for evacuation of ultra high-rise buildings (36 & 48 stories) with a high occupants' density per floor. More importantly, the ratio of occupants assigned to use elevators and stairs for evacuation needs to be regulated according to the occupancy information. Thus, a smart elevator-aided building fire evacuation scheme is suggested, which aims to determine the optimal EAE strategy according to the real-time on-site situation.

ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE TO END-OF-LIFE CARE AND SEVERE DEMENTIA IN ELDERLY HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PART 1: ANALYSIS BASED ON ELEMENTS AND TYPES OF HARDWARE

In this study, the operation information and registration information of 2110 Elderly Housing with Supportive Services cases are used to analyze the corresponding situation for end-of-life care and severe dementia(hereinafter, “ECSD”) by hardware. The results are as follows:According to the different scale, living units and common facilities, there are obvious differences in the corresponding situation of ECSD. In addition, it is clear that among Elderly Housing with Supportive Services, the corresponding implementation rate of “unit type” to ECSD is higher, on the contrary, the implementation rate of “collective-house type” is lower.