Ellen D Taira, Jodi Carlson

Aging in Place

Designing, Adapting, and Enhancing the Home Environment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Aging in Place: Designing, Adapting, and Enhancing the Home Environment gives you a complete examination of current trends in adaptive home designs for older adults. As an occupational therapist, designer, architect, planner, social worker, community organizer, or gerontologist, you will explore innovative home designs and studies for creating environments that offer optimal living for aging adults. Complete with diagrams, floor plans, and tables, Aging in Place helps you to improve the quality of life for the elderly by offering them these state of the art designs that provide independence and dignity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780789009890
• ISBN-10: 0789009897
• Artikelnr.: 54580717

Autorenporträt

Ellen D. Taira, Jodi L. Carlson

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
* Foreword
* The Universal Design Home: Are We Ready for It?
* The Role of Occupational Therapists in Home Modification Programs at
an Area Agency on Aging
* An E for ADAAG: The Case for ADA Accessibility Guidelines for the
Elderly (ital) Based on Three Studies of Toilet Transfer
* A Key to Aging in Place: Vision Rehabilitation for Older Adults
* Using Home Modifications to Promote Self-Maintenance and Mutual Care:
The Case of Old-Age Homes in India
* Does Quality of Life Vary with Different Types of Housing Among Older
Persons? A Pilot Study
* Maintaining Independence Through Home Modifications: A Focus on the
Telephone
* Home Modifications for the Elderly: Implications for the Occupational
Therapist
* Index
* Reference Notes Included