Housing design and community care: How home modifications reduce care needs of older people and people with disability

Carnemolla, P; Bridge, C

Housing design and community care: How home modifications reduce care needs of older people and people with disability

Carnemolla, P

Bridge, C

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16 (11)
Issue Date:: 2019-06-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Carnemolla, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-9427	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bridge, C	en_US
dc.date.available	2019-05-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16 (11)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1661-7827	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/136681
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The extent to which housing design can minimise levels of community caregiving has remained largely unmeasured. This paper reports the potential for home modifications to reduce caregiving in the peoples’ homes, particularly older people and people with a disability. It contributes to new knowledge in understanding how housing can play a role in community caregiving and acknowledges the role of the built environment in managing care levels in ageing societies. This paper analyses self-reported care data from 157 Australian community care recipients (average age: 72 years) who had received home modifications within the past 6 months. A before/after comparison of care provided revealed that home modifications reduced hours of care provided by 42% per week. More detailed analysis revealed that the positive association of home modifications with care reduction is stronger with informal care (46% reduction) followed by formal care (16% reduction). These results suggest the role that home modifications, and housing design in general, play in reducing care needs in a community setting.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/ijerph16111951	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Toxicology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged, 80 and over	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Caregivers	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Community Health Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Disabled Persons	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Services Needs and Demand	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Housing	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Housing design and community care: How home modifications reduce care needs of older people and people with disability	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1202 Building	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	11	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	16	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The extent to which housing design can minimise levels of community caregiving has remained largely unmeasured. This paper reports the potential for home modifications to reduce caregiving in the peoples’ homes, particularly older people and people with a disability. It contributes to new knowledge in understanding how housing can play a role in community caregiving and acknowledges the role of the built environment in managing care levels in ageing societies. This paper analyses self-reported care data from 157 Australian community care recipients (average age: 72 years) who had received home modifications within the past 6 months. A before/after comparison of care provided revealed that home modifications reduced hours of care provided by 42% per week. More detailed analysis revealed that the positive association of home modifications with care reduction is stronger with informal care (46% reduction) followed by formal care (16% reduction). These results suggest the role that home modifications, and housing design in general, play in reducing care needs in a community setting.

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