Environmental Barriers and Housing Accessibility Problems Over a One-Year Period in Later Life in Three European Countries

Susanne Iwarsson; Carita Nygren; F. Oswald; H-W. Wahl; S. Tomsone

doi:10.1300/J081v20n03_03

Environmental Barriers and Housing Accessibility Problems Over a One-Year Period in Later Life in Three European Countries

Susanne Iwarsson, Carita Nygren, F. Oswald, H-W. Wahl, S. Tomsone

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The objective of this study was to describe environmental barriers and investigate the nature of accessibility problems in housing among single-living, very old people (N = 1,150) in urban regions in three European countries (Sweden, Germany, Latvia), in a one-year perspective. A specific feature of this study is the explicit conceptual differentiation between environmental barriers and accessibility problems, underlying the presentation of the following results: Environmental barriers were very common, and in all three national samples the 20 most prevalent environmental barriers were found in 77-98% of all dwellings investigated. The magnitudes of accessibility problems were similar among the three samples and did not change over one year, while differences were indicated in the types of environmental barriers generating accessibility problems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-43
Journal	Journal of Housing for the Elderly
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J081v20n03_03
Publication status	Published - 2006

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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000)

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Environmental barriers
housing accesibility problems
very old people
housing enabler
design features

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Home, Health and Disability along the Process of Ageing
Iwarsson, S. (PI), Ekström, H. (Researcher), Granbom, M. (Researcher), Haak, M. (Researcher), Kylberg, M. (Researcher), Kylén, M. (Researcher), Löfqvist, C. (Researcher), Lexell, J. (Researcher), Norin, L. (Research student), Nilsson, M. H. (Researcher), Schmidt, S. (Researcher), Slaug, B. (Researcher), Tomsone, S. (Researcher), Jörgensen, S. (Research student), Andersson, N. (Research student), Lindh-Rengifo, M. (Research student), Kader, M. (Research student), Björk, J. (Researcher) & Jonasson, S. (Research student)
Swedish Research Council
2002/01/01 → …
Project: Research

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