Download or read book Staying Put written by Susan Lanspery and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year. Ninety-nine percent of the housing that will be in use in the year 2000 exists today. The long-needed anthology "Staying Put: Adapting the Places Instead of the People" emphasizes the disabilities and abilities of environments instead of individuals. With contributions from leading authorities, it integrates a wide range of theoretical and practical ideas about housing adaptation for researchers, students, consumers, policymakers, and practitioners in human services and the building trades.
Download or read book WHO Housing and Health Guidelines written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improved housing conditions can save lives, prevent disease, increase quality of life, reduce poverty, and help mitigate climate change. Housing is becoming increasingly important to health in light of urban growth, ageing populations and climate change. The WHO Housing and health guidelines bring together the most recent evidence to provide practical recommendations to reduce the health burden due to unsafe and substandard housing. Based on newly commissioned systematic reviews, the guidelines provide recommendations relevant to inadequate living space (crowding), low and high indoor temperatures, injury hazards in the home, and accessibility of housing for people with functional impairments. In addition, the guidelines identify and summarize existing WHO guidelines and recommendations related to housing, with respect to water quality, air quality, neighbourhood noise, asbestos, lead, tobacco smoke and radon. The guidelines take a comprehensive, intersectoral perspective on the issue of housing and health and highlight co-benefits of interventions addressing several risk factors at the same time. The WHO Housing and health guidelines aim at informing housing policies and regulations at the national, regional and local level and are further relevant in the daily activities of implementing actors who are directly involved in the construction, maintenance and demolition of housing in ways that influence human health and safety. The guidelines therefore emphasize the importance of collaboration between the health and other sectors and joint efforts across all government levels to promote healthy housing. The guidelines' implementation at country-level will in particular contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals on health (SDG 3) and sustainable cities (SDG 11). WHO will support Member States in adapting the guidelines to national contexts and priorities to ensure safe and healthy housing for all.
Download or read book Adapting Housing for People with Disabilities written by Jack Rostron and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide showing how to rehabilitate property for a disabled person and to assess their existing home and social situation. It covers all aspects of interior and exterior requirements, shows examples of adapted homes, and includes issues of independence, personal care and family support.
Download or read book Specially Adapted Housing for Disabled Veterans written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Accessible Housing for Independent Living written by Rod A. Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to building and adapting housing to be accessible and acceptable for people with disabilities. Covers designing for particular disabilities, types of dwellings and sites, room, structures and fixtures and fittings. The authors, an architect and a psychologist, have a special interest in services for the aged and people with disabilities.
Download or read book Designing Autonomy at Home The ADA Project An Interdisciplinary Strategy for Adaptation of the Homes of Disabled Persons written by Antonio Laurìa and published by Firenze University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book describes the ADA Project, an action research developed by the University of Florence (Department of Architecture - Florence Accessibility Lab Interdepartmental Research Unit) and commissioned by Tuscany Regional Government. The book is divided into two sections: the first outlines the theoretical framework of the ADA Project and the cultural principles upon which it is based; the second describes planning stages and operating tools in detail. Section one examines the personal and environmental factors (both physical and socio-cultural) that characterise life at home for disabled persons and their caregivers. The evolution of the concepts of disability, personal autonomy and independent life are discussed. The issue of adapting the domestic environment is then analysed through the description of several methods and tools, and the subject of housing adaptation is introduced through the description of intervention strategies and criteria. Section two is the core of the book: it provides a methodical illustration of the various phases of the ADA Project, its aims, its recipients and beneficiaries, as well as the procedure and tools used, the players and the relationships with the agencies involved. In particular, a tool for data production and needs assessment (the ADA Assessment Model - AdAM) is carefully described. This tool represents the main scientific and methodological outcome of the ADA Project and is reproduced in full in the Annexe to the book. Since most challenges addressed by the ADA Project are general in nature and might be met in any context, I hope the reader finds food for thought in the research described in this book, as well as some interesting ideas useful for their own work. In 2018 the ADA Project was first selected as "Good Practice" by the international Design for All Foundation and then won the "Design for All Foundation Award 2018," in the category "Spaces, products and services already in use."" -- [p.X].
Download or read book Providing Housing Units for Paraplegic and Certain Other Service connected Disabled Veterans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (80) H.R. 2101, (80) H.R. 3532, (80) H.R. 4077.
Download or read book HUD adapt Forum Results written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Specially Adaptive Housing written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Questions and Answers on Specially Adapted Housing and Special Housing Adaptations for Veterans written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HOUSING ADAPTIONS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE HOW TO ADAPT THE HOME TO THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED ELDERLY OR INFIRM OCCUPANTS A GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND HOUSEHOLDERS written by TERENCE LOCKHART and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Affordable and Accessible Community Based Housing for Vulnerable Adults written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible and affordable housing can enable community living, maximize independence, and promote health for vulnerable populations. However, the United States faces a shortage of affordable and accessible housing for low-income older adults and individuals living with disabilities. This shortage is expected to grow over the coming years given the population shifts leading to greater numbers of older adults and of individuals living with disabilities. Housing is a social determinant of health and has direct effects on health outcomes, but this relationship has not been thoroughly investigated. In December 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop to better understand the importance of affordable and accessible housing for older adults and people with disabilities, the barriers to providing this housing, the design principles for making housing accessible for these individuals, and the features of programs and policies that successfully provide affordable and accessible housing that supports community living for older adults and people with disabilities. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Download or read book House Adaptations for People with Physical Disabilities written by Rosemary Statham and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text describes 22 case histories by which existing housing was adapted to the needs of people with a variety of physical disabilities.
Download or read book Housing and Home Services for the Disabled written by Gini Laurie and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1977 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Housing Enabler written by Susanne Iwarsson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Health Cost Benefits of Adapting Housing for Disabled and Vulnerable People written by Helen Garrett and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving long-term sick and disabled occupants in homes with significant hazards is costing the NHS nearly £414 million per annum in first year treatment costs alone. This report illustrates that significant savings can be made by undertaking preventative home interventions.
Download or read book Tenant Integration and Adaptation of Older Tenants written by Soonhae Hong Kang and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
