Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging
Pauline S. Abbott, Nancy Carman (Editor), Jack Carman (Editor), Bob Scarfo Ph.D.Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging provides a crucial foundation for confronting the growing aging population's demands for appropriate housing and environments. This current demographic shift is causing a transformation of attitudes and perspectives about growing older, retirement, and senior housing. To ensure that physical environments meet the changing needs of older adults, a reconception of housing, communities, and neighborhoods is required.Drawing from the fields of gerontology, health sciences, community planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design, this groundbreaking resource provides an in-depth examination of current elder housing practices and strategies, alongside goals for the future. Housing models, such as continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), shared housing, and co-housing, are evaluated, and best practice recommendations are presented.
Expert contributors also incisively explore interdisciplinary issues including
* the causal relationship between health and the environment
* challenges posed by America's automobile-dependent suburban communities
* elder-friendly design principles, including universal design and defensible space
* restorative benefits of nature and green environments
* assistive technology that can support older adults' independence
* retrofitting of naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)
The book closes with an inspiring look at opportunities for future collaboration of health sciences and planning and design professionals for the realization of supportive, life-affirming communities that will result in healthy aging, active living, and continued communityparticipation for older adults.
Synopsis
Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging provides a crucial foundation for confronting the growing aging population's demands for appropriate housing and environments. This current demographic shift is causing a transformation of attitudes and perspectives about growing older, retirement, and senior housing. To ensure that physical environments meet the changing needs of older adults, a reconception of housing, communities, and neighborhoods is required.
Drawing from the fields of gerontology, health sciences, community planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design, this groundbreaking resource provides an in-depth examination of current elder housing practices and strategies, alongside goals for the future. Housing models, such as continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), shared housing, and co-housing, are evaluated, and best practice recommendations are presented.
Expert contributors also incisively explore interdisciplinary issues including
* the causal relationship between health and the environment
* challenges posed by America's automobile-dependent suburban communities
* elder-friendly design principles, including universal design and defensible space
* restorative benefits of nature and green environments
* assistive technology that can support older adults' independence
* retrofitting of naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)
The book closes with an inspiring look at opportunities for future collaboration of health sciences and planning and design professionals for the realization of supportive, life-affirming communities that will result in healthy aging, active living, and continued communityparticipation for older adults.