Pub Date : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2280961
Leslie Dubbin, Irene H. Yen
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Pub Date : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2275777
Adriana Luciano, Federica Pascale, Francesco Polverino
AbstractItaly is experiencing one of the fastest rates of aging in Europe, with a significant number of older people living alone in their own homes. However, there are currently no guidelines in place for the design of age-friendly housing in the country. To address this issue, the Italian Age-friendly House Scorecard (IAHS) has been developed. This tool allows housing owners and designers to assess the age-friendliness of existing housing environments, while also enabling planners and designers to prioritize areas of intervention and inform future projects. The development of the IAHS was a five-phase research process that involved knowledge acquisition, metrics development and validation, weighting of indexes and sub-indicators, aggregation, and scorecard development and testing.Keywords: Age-friendly housingaging in placecomposite indicatorscorecard Notes1 Auser has about 45,000 volunteers with branches nationwide and has supported national scientific research.2 The number of “I don’t know” answers never exceeded 2%; therefore, the researchers assumed that they did not influence the validity of the analysis.3 The Ministerial Decree 236/1989 is the Italian regulation for overcoming architectural barriers.
{"title":"Italian Age-Friendly House Scorecard (IAHS): A Composite Indicator for Assessing Housing’s Age-Friendliness","authors":"Adriana Luciano, Federica Pascale, Francesco Polverino","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2275777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2275777","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractItaly is experiencing one of the fastest rates of aging in Europe, with a significant number of older people living alone in their own homes. However, there are currently no guidelines in place for the design of age-friendly housing in the country. To address this issue, the Italian Age-friendly House Scorecard (IAHS) has been developed. This tool allows housing owners and designers to assess the age-friendliness of existing housing environments, while also enabling planners and designers to prioritize areas of intervention and inform future projects. The development of the IAHS was a five-phase research process that involved knowledge acquisition, metrics development and validation, weighting of indexes and sub-indicators, aggregation, and scorecard development and testing.Keywords: Age-friendly housingaging in placecomposite indicatorscorecard Notes1 Auser has about 45,000 volunteers with branches nationwide and has supported national scientific research.2 The number of “I don’t know” answers never exceeded 2%; therefore, the researchers assumed that they did not influence the validity of the analysis.3 The Ministerial Decree 236/1989 is the Italian regulation for overcoming architectural barriers.","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135479607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-25DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2269557
Teck Hong Tan, Yun Jin Kim
AbstractThe aging population in Malaysia needs the development of age-friendly neighborhoods to support healthy aging. This study examined the neighborhood variables affecting the quality of life related to health among older adults through a questionnaire survey of 254 participants in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Significant determinants included accessibility, safety from crime, environmental quality, and addressing neighborhood problems. Additionally, the presence of third places, such as shopping centers and cultural/educational institutions, was found to promote health among older adults. The findings indicated that policymakers and developers should develop age-friendly neighborhoods that could effectively support aging in place for older adults.Keywords: Age-friendly citieshealth outcomesMalaysianeighborhood environmental determinants Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
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Pub Date : 2023-10-25DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2269552
Diana C. Anderson, Renée E. DeCaro, Myna Chadalavada, Anna Marin, Adolfo Di Crosta, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Nicola Mammarella, Alberto Di Domenico, Katherine W. Turk, Rocco Palumbo, Andrew E. Budson
{"title":"Characteristics of Home and Neighborhood Built Environments During COVID-19 for Older Adults in the United States and Italy","authors":"Diana C. Anderson, Renée E. DeCaro, Myna Chadalavada, Anna Marin, Adolfo Di Crosta, Irene Ceccato, Pasquale La Malva, Nicola Mammarella, Alberto Di Domenico, Katherine W. Turk, Rocco Palumbo, Andrew E. Budson","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2269552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2269552","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135217638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-06DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2264836
Shinichiro Iwata, Yuta Shirahata, Tetsu Yoshida
AbstractThis study focuses on relationships between participation desire for community support activity, locations considered appropriate for activities, living situation and history of residence, and occupation through a survey of retired older people in Japan. Family and relatives living nearby strongly influence the preferred location for community support activities (CSA). Most older people believe public facilities should be used for CSA, but believe elementary schools are for children only. To ensure community use of elementary schools, it is important to promote their usefulness to older people who do not have a relationship with the school through their children or grandchildren.Keywords: CSAdesire for participationelementary school facilitiesolder retirees Notes1 A web-based survey system was used in this study. Through the representatives of the four organizations that agreed to participate in the survey, we distributed survey request forms to the members of the organizations, who then accessed the URL of the survey site and responded to the survey.2 An alumni organization of retirees of Daikin Industries, Ltd.3 Daiwa House Kansai Alumni Association. http://daiwa-ob.com(confirmed 17.4.24)4 Retirees’ Associations in 19 prefectures in total, Kanto, Tokai, and Kinki Chapters.5 Retirees’ association held in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture.6 Even when the number of CLs increased, most respondents remained biased toward one CL, and all the other CLs from which they derived were extremely small. Respondents included in the largest CL exhaustively selected many activities, and the lack of a clear selection trend was considered a characteristic of this CL.7 Although it is expected that the number of rented offices may be lower in suburban areas, it was determined that there would be no issue if there were no omissions in the facilities located in the area.8 The conversion of school facilities into community centers is mentioned by Ueno and Motono (Citation1997), and it is assumed that the situation will accelerate as residents voluntarily promote it. Under these circumstances, it is difficult to believe that the trend of utilizing elementary school facilities for community activities will progress. The purpose of this study was not to retrospectively determine the reasons for the current use of elementary school facilities but rather to determine the total willingness to use elementary school facilities for CSA, while also considering regional differences in the actual use of elementary school facilities.9 Public facilities, such as community centers, may have predetermined times and frequencies of use for certain rooms and locations, which may have influenced the results.10 Referring to the occupational classifications of the 2015 census and considering the characteristics of the companies surveyed (retiree associations and retiree coalitions of relatively large companies in the three metropolitan areas) the authors’ research group reconfigur
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The Japanese cultural adaptation of the Australian Environmental Assessment Tool-Higher Care (J-EAT) was developed for use in Japan’s small-scale living facilities. This study aimed to validate the J-EAT. Twenty-five dementia care experts (7 gerontologists and 18 facility care workers) participated in assessing J-EAT content validity. The final version of J-EAT contained 81 items; of those, 74 met the CVI threshold for relevance. The findings indicated different perspectives between the two expert groups. Validation of the J-EAT was confirmed as an appropriate tool for Japan’s small-scale living facilities to evaluate the environment to enhance residents’ quality of life.
{"title":"Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Japanese Environmental Assessment Tool-Higher Care","authors":"Sumiyo Brennan, Therese Doan, Kei Adachi, Kirsty Bennett, Yumiko Hashimoto, Richard Fleming","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2251010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2251010","url":null,"abstract":"The Japanese cultural adaptation of the Australian Environmental Assessment Tool-Higher Care (J-EAT) was developed for use in Japan’s small-scale living facilities. This study aimed to validate the J-EAT. Twenty-five dementia care experts (7 gerontologists and 18 facility care workers) participated in assessing J-EAT content validity. The final version of J-EAT contained 81 items; of those, 74 met the CVI threshold for relevance. The findings indicated different perspectives between the two expert groups. Validation of the J-EAT was confirmed as an appropriate tool for Japan’s small-scale living facilities to evaluate the environment to enhance residents’ quality of life.","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135404478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2245814
Terri D Lewinson, G. Simpson, Yisiara Aileen Aguirre Rodriguez, Justice Nagovich, Sophia Allen
{"title":"Healthy Housing in Richardsville: A Photovoice Project on Community Livability for Aging Adults","authors":"Terri D Lewinson, G. Simpson, Yisiara Aileen Aguirre Rodriguez, Justice Nagovich, Sophia Allen","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2245814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2245814","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49269167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-17DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2245797
K. Mo, Esther Ng, Jean Woo, Rina Ko
{"title":"Perceptions of Intergenerational Living among Older Adults Residing in Subsidized Housing Developments in Hong Kong","authors":"K. Mo, Esther Ng, Jean Woo, Rina Ko","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2245797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2245797","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43329191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-28DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2225179
Melissa Cannon, Lynelle Bergman, J. Finlay
{"title":"COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Community Connections and Third Place Engagement: A Qualitative Analysis of Older Americans","authors":"Melissa Cannon, Lynelle Bergman, J. Finlay","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2225179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2225179","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49107517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-27DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2023.2223589
A. Bowes, Lisa Davison, A. Dawson, Catherine Pemble, M. Quirke, Sarah Swift
{"title":"Housing Design Evaluation Research for People Living with Cognitive Change: A Systematic Literature Review","authors":"A. Bowes, Lisa Davison, A. Dawson, Catherine Pemble, M. Quirke, Sarah Swift","doi":"10.1080/26892618.2023.2223589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2023.2223589","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36333,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging and Environment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46572143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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