Perceptions on residential environments for urban low-income elderly homeowners aging in place

Lee, Sung‐Jin; Kim, Daejin; Parrott, Kathleen R.; Giddings, Valerie L.; Robinson, Sheryl Renee

doi:10.1080/08882746.2017.1384992

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“…However, with increasing age of the participants, the need for receiving care emerged (Pfeiffer et al, 2016). Both the role of being a caregiver and a care receiver contributed to the older adults' inability to relocate (Lee et al, 2017).…”

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“So I am stuck, but it´s OK”: residential reasoning and housing decision-making of low-income older adults with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland

Granbom¹,

Nkimbeng

Roberts

et al. 2020

Housing and Society

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Housing preferences and housing decision-making in later life are critical aspects of aging in place, which is a public health priority in many Western countries. However, few studies have examined the economic, social, and health factors that guide older adults' preferences and decisions about where to live, and even less so among older adults with low income or disabilities who may face greater barriers to aging in place. We sought to understand what housing decision-making and residential reasoning means for low-income older adult homeowners in Baltimore, Maryland. Using a grounded theory approach, we interviewed 12 older adults in June 2017 and February 2018. Our findings revealed how the strong desire to age in place turned into the realization that they had to age in place due to limited resources and options. The overarching category "shifting between wanting to age in place and having to age in place" was influenced by family needs, being a homeowner, the neighborhood, and coping at home. In conclusion, for low-income older adults with disabilities, it is important to acknowledge that sometimes aging in place may be equivalent to being stuck in place.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“So I am stuck, but it´s OK”: residential reasoning and housing decision-making of low-income older adults with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland

Granbom¹,

Nkimbeng

Roberts

et al. 2020

Housing and Society

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“…Specifically, African Americans living in urban North Carolina communities (Lee et al, 2017), older Korean Americans living in Minnesota (Hwang & Ziebarth, 2006), disadvantaged older adults living in inadequate housing with moderate or severe physical problems with their housing (Lee et al, 2014), and older Cambodian refugees living in rural coastal areas of Alabama (Lewis, 2009). Specifically, African Americans living in urban North Carolina communities (Lee et al, 2017), older Korean Americans living in Minnesota (Hwang & Ziebarth, 2006), disadvantaged older adults living in inadequate housing with moderate or severe physical problems with their housing (Lee et al, 2014), and older Cambodian refugees living in rural coastal areas of Alabama (Lewis, 2009).…”

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“…There has been a growing interest in aging-in-place and housing experiences of diverse cultures in the United States. Specifically, African Americans living in urban North Carolina communities (Lee et al, 2017), older Korean Americans living in Minnesota (Hwang & Ziebarth, 2006), disadvantaged older adults living in inadequate housing with moderate or severe physical problems with their housing (Lee et al, 2014), and older Cambodian refugees living in rural coastal areas of Alabama (Lewis, 2009). Each study highlighted unique cultural aspects of what it means to age and age-in-place in a foreign country (e.g., Hwang & Ziebarth, 2006;Lewis, 2009) and their personal perceptions and coping skills used to age-in-place when faced with limited resources (e.g., Lee et al, 2017).…”

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“…While Stafford (2017) elaborated the changes that occurred both on persons and on their home environments over time, Lee, Kim, Parrott, Giddings, and Robinson (2017) revealed how older adults living in urban communities felt about the neighborhood and city as they grew older. They identified having friends and neighbors helping each other as the most favored feature about their neighborhood and unfriendly neighbors as the least favored feature about their neighborhood.…”

Section: Housing Behavior: Aging-in-placementioning

confidence: 99%

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Research on Housing for Older Adults: 2001 to 2018

Hwang

Parrott

Brossoie

2019

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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As the size of the older US population continues to rise, the need to understand their housing needs and wants is increasing. The purpose of this article was to review recent research on housing for older adults. We conducted an analysis of three peer‐reviewed journal articles published between 2001 and 2018 using a consumer housing perspective. Findings suggested four areas of housing research have been studied as follows: housing behavior (e.g., aging‐in‐place); perception (e.g., housing satisfaction); policy (e.g., housing affordability and inadequacy); and design features. Implications for future housing research include the assessment of current housing stock and how it can be transformed using technology, home modifications, and local policy to meet growing demands.

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“…In their research on perceptions on residential environments for urban low-income elderly homeowners aging in place Lee, Kim, Parrott, Giddings, and Robinson (2017) revealed that, low-income aging homeowners liked their neighborhood because of good neighbors" relationship ranging from helping each other to quite environment, friendly neighborhood and privacy. On the other hand, they were most likely to dislike their neighborhood if it was a noisy, an unfriendly neighborhood, lacking maintenance or safety.…”

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Residential Environmental Livability in Nigeria: An Overview

Bashari¹,

Hashim²,

Samah³

et al. 2019

IJHSS

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to examine the problems of public low-cost housing in Nigeria in relation to residents' well-being and suggest some guiding principles that can be used for successful public low-cost housing for low-income people in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach-This research was conducted through in-depth reviews of previous literatures and document related to public low-cost housing in Nigeria. National housing policy is among the document analyzed by the researcher. Findings-The major constraints to public low-cost housing in Nigeria is that, the housing units does not reflect the culture of the resident. Most of the residents are not satisfied with it. The housing units are characterized by indecent housing units, the needs and aspirations of the residents are neglected, high safety and security challenges, poor locational and difficult to access functional facilities. Research limitation / implications-The main limitation of this research is no field survey or interview to collect data from the residents of public low-cost housing has been conducted. Practical Implications-This research will assist housing policy makers and housing developers to understand the important of opinion or views of beneficiaries before and after construction of public low-cost housing. This will be achieve if certain attributes of housing are incorporated in the National Housing Policy as may be suggested by the beneficiaries. Significant to developing countries-Recent studies in Nigeria have shown that, the quality level of building and infrastructural elements depend on cultural background of the beneficiaries. Presently, scholars in Nigeria are shifting towards housing design that will reflect the desire and expectations of beneficiaries through incorporating of culture of the people in housing design. This issue is of great significant to developing countries with different cultural diversities, these differences in culture need to be considered in housing design not adopting standard from developed world. Originality / value-The findings of this paper was based on reviewed of earlier studies on residential environmental livability particularly the public low-cost housing in Nigeria and the analysis of document of National Housing Policy 2012. The findings of this study revealed some guiding principles that can help in solving public low-cost housing problems in Nigeria.

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Perceptions on residential environments for urban low-income elderly homeowners aging in place

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

“So I am stuck, but it´s OK”: residential reasoning and housing decision-making of low-income older adults with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland

“So I am stuck, but it´s OK”: residential reasoning and housing decision-making of low-income older adults with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland

Research on Housing for Older Adults: 2001 to 2018

Residential Environmental Livability in Nigeria: An Overview

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