Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Other contribution
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TY - GEN
T1 - Well-being and age in co-housing life: Thinking with and beyond design
AU - Fernandez Arrigoitia, Melissa
AU - Scanlon, Kath
AU - West, Karen
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Co-housing communities, which are designed to encourage interactionin everyday life and informal mutual support, are often seen as a lifestylethat can improve residents’ health and well-being.This viewpoint considers how spatial design, resident control and hometechnologies matter to ‘successful ageing’ in the increasingly popularco-housing communities- both intergenerational and senior. Basedon the authors’ long-term research into these schemes, as well ason an interactive learning day that focused on the health and ageingdimensions of co-housing, the authors argue that the physical andmental well-being of older populations in the UK could be enhancedthrough this model’s social and material practices. Research, however,is still needed and lacking to determine its true potential for combattingloneliness, increasing social and physical resilience and improving olderresidents’ health.
AB - Co-housing communities, which are designed to encourage interactionin everyday life and informal mutual support, are often seen as a lifestylethat can improve residents’ health and well-being.This viewpoint considers how spatial design, resident control and hometechnologies matter to ‘successful ageing’ in the increasingly popularco-housing communities- both intergenerational and senior. Basedon the authors’ long-term research into these schemes, as well ason an interactive learning day that focused on the health and ageingdimensions of co-housing, the authors argue that the physical andmental well-being of older populations in the UK could be enhancedthrough this model’s social and material practices. Research, however,is still needed and lacking to determine its true potential for combattingloneliness, increasing social and physical resilience and improving olderresidents’ health.
M3 - Other contribution
VL - 89
T3 - Viewpoint
PB - Housing LIN
CY - London
ER -