Accessibility problems in home environment for seniors in Latvia: Experience from the research project innovAge (WP2)

S. Tomsone; L. Saukuma; Z. Liepina; J. Zalkalns

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20184003004

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Issue		SHS Web Conf. Volume 40, 2018 6^th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY. HEALTH. WELFARE


Article Number		03004
Number of page(s)		6
Section		Welfare
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20184003004
Published online		31 January 2018

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[1] A. B.Newman, J. A. Cauley, (Eds.) The epidemiology of ageing. Dordrecht, Germany: Springer, 2012. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[2] R.Murray, J. Caulier-Grice, G. Mulgan. The Open book of Social Innovations.The Young foundation and NESTA: London, UK, 2010. [Google Scholar]

[3] About project innovAge. Retrieved May 2016 from http://www.innovage.group.shef.ac.uk/about-innovage.html [Google Scholar]

[4] R. Chilvers, S. Corr, H. Singlehurst. Investigation into the occupational lives of healthy older people through their use of time. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2010, (57) 24-33. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[5] F. Oswald, H.-W. Wahl, O. Schilling, C. Nygren, A. Fänge, A. Sixsmith, J. Sixsmith,Z. Széman, S. Tomsone, S. Iwarsson. Relationships between housing and healthy ageing in very old age. Gerontologist, 2007, 47(1), 96-107. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

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[7] E.Townsend, H. Polatajko (Eds.). Enabling occupation II: Advancing and occupational therapy vision for health, well-being & justice through occupation. Ottawa: Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, 2013. [Google Scholar]

[8] M. Haak, A. Malmgren Fänge, S. Iwarsson, S. Dahlin-Ivanoff. The importance of successful place integration for perceived health in very old age: a qualitative meta-synthesis. Int J Public Health, 2011, 56(6), 589-595. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[9] S.Iwarsson, A. Ståhl. Accessibility, usability and universal design - Positioning and definition of concepts describing person-environment relationships. Disabil Rehabil 2003; 25, 57-66. [Google Scholar]

[10] S.Iwarsson, B. Slaug. Housing Enabler ‒ A method for rating/screening and analysing accessibility problems in housing. Manual for the the complete instrument and screening tool, 2nd rev ed.; Veten & Skapen HB och Slaug EnablingDevelopment:Lund & Staffanstorp, Sweden, 2010. [Google Scholar]

[11] S. Iwarsson, M. Haak, B. Slaug. Current developments of the Housing Enabler methodology. Br. J. Occup. Ther., 2012, 75(11), 517-521. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[12] S. Iwarsson, C. Nygren, F. Oswald, H-W. Wahl, S. Tomsone. Environmental barriers and housing accessibility problems over a one-year period in later life in three European countries. J. Hous. Elderly, 2006, 20(3), 23-43. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

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[17] M. Haak, B. Slaug, F. Oswald, S. Schmidt, J. M. Rimland, S. Tomsone, T. Ladö, T. Svensson, S. Iwarsson. Cross-national user priorities for housing provision and accessibility - Findings from the European innovAge project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014, 12(3), 2670–2686. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[18] O. Jonsson, M. Haak, S.Tomsone, S. Iwarsson, S.M. Schmidt, K. Mårtensson, T. Svensson, B. Slaug. Cross-national Usability Testing of a Housing Accessibility App: Findings from the European innovAge project.Journal of Usability Studies, 2016, 12(1), 26-49. [Google Scholar]