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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Senior Housing"”.
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Integrated Senior Housing
… task should be considering how to improve the housing of senior citizens. Furthermore, bringing the youth and elderly together would produce a functioning self-help system. It engenders interaction strategies by employing the strengths of one generation to serve another generation’s needs. This …
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Senior housing development in China
… has issued a series of policies to enhance the senior care industry. The government encourages private and foreign enterprises to invest and engage in senior care services in China. Chinese developers and operators are trying to import foreign practices into the Chinese context. Foreign experts …
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Domestically dextrous : embedded computing for senior housing
… the elderly population, and the current model of housing the elderly is woefully unprepared. The boomer generation has lived in single family homes for decades, and will want to continue living in one. Current strategies for retrofitting homes for seniors, things like wheelchair ramps, stair …
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The implications of US senior housing to China
… It is also estimated that less than 200,000 seniors live in those not-for-profit, non-government senior housing centers. This is 0.14% of total population of 144 million people aged over 60 in 2005. If 3% of seniors may choose to live in a senior housing environment, it will create an …
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The potential of senior housing development and investment in Mexico
… will require more specialized services such as housing, health care, transportation, pension plans, and public spaces adapted for their use. Mexico is no exception; by 2030, an estimated 30.5 million Mexicans will be over the age of 60, making up 22.2% of the total population. Accompanying …
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Forecasting service-enriched senior housing : the case for housing + services innovation in Metropolitan Boston
According to the Urban Institute, "explosion in senior households by 2030 demands housing and community adaptations." Service-enriched housing is part of a national conversation about the looming cost burden to care for the "silver tsunami."Without a solution for long-term care, many seniors, …
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The use of REITs as an alternative source to finance senior housing development in China
… from a wide range of industries have entered the senior housing market and view it as a "sunrise industry" which can offer attractive returns for investors. Today, growth in China's senior housing market is presents both tremendous opportunities and challenges. On the other hand, due to the large …
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Conversion of residential neighborhoods into affordable assisted age-in-place communities
The purpose of this thesis is to develop a new senior housing and service product for the aging population of the next decade. The thesis starts with an overview of the senior housing industry in its current condition in 2011. It discusses the demographic characteristics of the population, the …
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What Comes After the Boom? Baby Boomers in Santa Maria, California a Market Study for People's Self Help Housing
… and background informing an affordable senior housing market study, and a market study prepared for People’s Self Help Housing (PSHH). The introduction begins by providing current and future trends for seniors at the national and state levels. This includes discussion of the “Baby …
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Circles of Connection: Finding Social Connectedness and Meaning within Group Process
… in life. This is particularly true in senior housing communities where common issues of aging and adjustment can be addressed while reducing feelings of social isolation. The purpose of this demonstration project was to provide a venue where older adults living at The Redwoods, a senior …
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Baby Boomer Living: Designing a Modern Continuing Care Retirement Community
… the Baby Boomer cohort is vastly changing the senior housing landscape. As the housing market gradually improves and the development of senior housing chases the increasing demand, Baby Boomers are a highly selective cohort with more buying and spending power than their predecessors, are …
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Essays on the Economics of Rental Housing and Crime
<p>Essays on the Economics of Rental Housing and Crime</p> <p>My dissertation consists of three chapters in the area of applied microeconomics. The first chapter exploits the mass evacuation of thousands of New Orleans residents to numerous counties throughout the South in the aftermath of …
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Housing with services for elderly half-dependent couples
The existing elderly housing continuum makes little provision for couples that pose very different levels of independence and do not have sufficient wealth to purchase home care. As a result, Elderly Half-Dependent Couples (EHDCs) are coping through strategies which could be harmful to both members …
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An Assisted Living Private Dwelling Unit Based on User Needs
… researchers eager to fill gaps in appropriate housing options for this population. For the past decades assisted living has grown as such an option for senior housing. The purpose of this study was to design an assisted living private dwelling unit based on criteria found in literature and in …
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A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Dental Care Among Older Minority Adults Residing in Lower Income Communities
… Participants were recruited from low-income senior housing in Hartford, CT. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain data on demographics, oral health status, oral health knowledge and factors that affected use of dental care including finances, perceived oral symptoms, …
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Toward an Age-Ready Suburbia
… place, including poor walkability, inaccessible housing, and limited access to essential services and care. This thesis investigates these challenges and proposes a strategy for reimagining suburban environments through demographic analysis, spatial mapping, persona-driven research, architectural …
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Lived Experiences: An Examination of Older Adults' Late-stage, Life-span Ecological Transition from a Home Residence to an Assisted Living Facility
… and in response to demographic changes, a new housing market for elders known as assisted living is emerging as the fastest growing segment of the senior housing arena. While the impact of the transition to institutional facilities has been examined thoroughly in settings such as nursing homes, …
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Examination of Universal Design in Kitchens and Bathrooms of the Housing and Urban Development Demonstration Program Elderly Cottage Housing Opportunity
Appropriate housing for the aging American population is a timely topic of research in both housing and gerontology. Universal design is an innovation in housing design that is gaining interest from both industries. This research examines the effectiveness of universal design features that have …
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Creating Community Among Older Adults in Southwest Virginia Through Social Participation
Taking a social design approach to aging, we relate earlier work in age-friendly communities, aging in place and social isolation to landscape design. Identifying the critical principles of social participation and how these needs can be met through landscape intervention, we formulate a set of …
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Lessons Learned in Energy Efficiency of Mini-Split HVAC Systems in Affordable Housing
The road to energy-efficient housing is not without cracks and potholes. Many building stakeholders have pointed to the discrepancies that exist between simulated and measured efficiency results, where some have called it a post-occupancy gap, others have called it an energy efficiency information …