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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"retirement communities"”.
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Financing continuing care retirement communities : alternatives for proprietary developers
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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Risks and rewards of continuing care retirement communities : a developers's perspective
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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An Examination of the Perceived Educational Needs of Residents in Continuing Care Retirement Communities
… the past few decades. Called Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs), these places offer three levels of living: individual apartments, assisted living and the nursing center. Residents can move freely among these three levels as the need arises. While the educational needs of the …
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The lived worlds and life experiences of residents in university linked retirement communities: A qualitative approach
… the important role that University-Linked Retirement Communities (ULRC) can play in helping older adults negotiate retirement transitions and develop post-retirement identities. Utilizing life course theory as the theoretical framework, the dissertation explores residents‘ attraction to and …
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An Exploration of the 24-Hour Movement Patterns of Older Adults Living in Naturally-Occurring Retirement Communities
… to long-term care. Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) are a unique housing model that facilitates this preference. When accompanied with supportive service programs, NORCs are ideally positioned to promote healthy movement patterns across the entire 24-hour day. The …
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Physical Environmental Influences on the Physical Activity Behavior of Independent Older Adults Living in Continuing Care Retirement Communities
… older adults living in two continuing care retirement communities. Study objectives included: 1) to determine whether residents of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) engage in walking as their primary form of PA, 2) to investigate two different types of PA settings for walking …
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Supportive Design Features in Kitchens and Bathrooms of Age-Restricted Retirement Community Homes
… being built for persons living in age-restricted retirement communities. A list of research and design recommendations based on empirical research was compiled and ordered into categories of supportive features for general, kitchen, and bathroom design for seniors. Design recommendations were …
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Factors influencing relocation to a retirement community
… to identify factors influencing relocation to retirement communities. Participants were residents of two New Jersey retirement communities which offered single family detached dwelling units with common grounds, community recreational facilities, and security guards. Residents paid monthly …
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New Active Green Environments (New Age): Older Adults' Perceptions About Physical Activity Opportunities in Their Local Environment
… adults regarding the environment around the retirement communities in which they live and the impact that this environment has on their attitudes and values towards physical activity. To accomplish such purpose, a qualitative research design was used to evaluate the subjective reactions and …
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New active green environments (new age): Older adults' perceptions about physical activity opportunities in their local environment
… adults regarding the environment around the retirement communities in which they live and the impact that this environment has on their attitudes and values towards physical activity. To accomplish such purpose, a qualitative research design was used to evaluate the subjective reactions and …
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Strategies for retirement community development in China
… community support, and the master planned retirement communities. The strength and weakness of each living arrangement is highlighted. Suggestions of a three-tiered system are made. Care is given to living arrangements that enable inter-generational contact and support, flexibility, and …
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Archetypal Place Concept for Assisted Living Private Dwellings
… constructed by independent living residents of retirement communities that offer assisted living. Seventeen residents in four retirement communities in Southwest Virginia participated in the research. The findings revealed that sample members believed all eight archetypal categories should be …
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Effect of game activities on manual dexterity in older adults
… from local assisted- and independent-living retirement communities were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. Experimental group participants played selected game activities three days per week for an average of 34.6 minutes per game for a six-week period. Both control and …
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Assessment of Geriatric Depression: Construction of a New Screening Inventory
… a community population from residential retirement communities, as well as inpatients and outpatients from two medical centers. All participants completed the 26-item Thorndyke Geriatric Depression Inventory (TGDI) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). A subset of participant …
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Making Community in the Wilderness: A Case Study of Women's Land's Throughout the United States
… old women slowly, and unintentionally, become retirement communities. Families of choice, often consisting of the other women living in the community, help the women who need extra assistance, but within limits set by an unaddressed ageism. The lands are at risk if they fail to attract younger …
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An investigation of leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction in older adults
… of a recreation center, nursing homes and retirement communities. The data were analyzed using correlation coefficients, chi-squares and discriminant analysis. No systematic relationship was found between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction (correlation coefficient of 0.17), or …
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Fall Risk Reduction Using Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE)
… or without a history of falls, living at two retirement communities yielded 16 participants. Participants were assessed three times using a battery of six fall risk assessments. Results demonstrated a significant reduction in fall risk, and increase in strength and balance. Additionally, …
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Fitness trails for continuing care retirement community residents: motivational cues to participation
… fitness trails by residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) was investigated. Previous research suggested that both the walking and exercise parts of these fitness trails are being used by only a small percentage of' the residents. A checklist was used to identify the number of …
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Intrinsic Religious Orientation and Mental Health in Later Life
… was distributed to residents of four independent retirement communities resulting in a sixty-six percent return rate. The convenience sample of 214 individuals, with a mean age of 81.94 years, consisted of 156 female and 58 male respondents. Intrinsic religious orientation was held as the …
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