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Mental, Physical and Social Functioning in Independently Living Senior House Residents and Community-Dwelling Older Adults
2021
Senior houses provide social interaction and support, potentially supporting older people’s physical and mental functioning. Few studies have investigated functioning of senior house residents. The aim was to compare functioning between senior house residents and community-dwelling older adults in Finland. We compared senior house residents (n = 336, 69% women, mean age 83 years) to community-dwelling older adults (n = 1139, 56% women, mean age 74 years). Physical and mental functioning were assessed using the SF 36-Item Health Survey. Loneliness and frequency of social contacts were self-reported. The analyses were adjusted for age, socioeconomic factors and diseases. Physical functioning …
"I will never forget him". A qualitative exploration of staff descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing.
2020
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Recovery-oriented studies show that the quality of the professional relationship plays an essential role in the recovery from mental illness. Within mental health care in general, previous studies show that helpful professional relationships are characterized by several reciprocal aspects, such as friendship resemblance and self-disclosure. The literature is scarce on in-depth explorations of professional relationships within the often long-lasting and intimate help context of institutional supportive housing. Explorations of staff members' experiences are absent. The scientific rationale of this study was to expand the current knowledge about professional rel…
Goals and Principles of Providers Working with People Experiencing Homelessness: A Comparison Between Housing First and Traditional Staircase Service…
2019
Contains fulltext : 207157.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) The implementation and adaptation of the Housing First (HF) model represented profound changes the structure and delivery, goals, and principles of homeless services. These features of homeless services directly influence providers, their work performance and the clients' outcomes. The present research, conducted in eight European countries, investigated how social providers working in HF or TS (Traditional Staircase) describe and conceptualize the goals and the principles of their services. Data were collected through 29 focus group discussions involving 121 providers. The results showed that HF and TS had similar and diff…
Senior Housing as a Living Environment That Supports Well-Being in Old Age
2020
Background: In different parts of the world new models of senior housing have rapidly appeared, which indicates that existing housing and care models are not fulfilling the hopes and needs of current and new generations of older people. Material and Methods: This qualitative study focuses on one type of communal senior housing complex located in a mid-sized town in Central Finland. The complex was designed to have accessible low-maintenance apartments and common spaces, and to be near easily accessible green spaces, amenities, services, and public transport. The complex has a part-time community coordinator. The minimum age limit is set at 55 years. The data consists of 36 qualitative inter…
Mould/dampness exposure at home is associated with respiratory disorders in Italian children and adolescents: the SIDRIA-2 Study
2005
Aims: To report on the relation between home mould and/or dampness exposure and respiratory disorders in a large sample of children and adolescents in Italy, accounting for age at time of exposure. Methods: 20 016 children (mean age 7 years) and 13 266 adolescents (mean age 13 years) completed questionnaires on indoor exposures and respiratory symptoms/diseases. Statistical analyses were adjusted for sex, age, questionnaire's compiler, area of residence, season of interview, parental educational status, family history of asthma, rhinitis, eczema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, presence of gas water heaters, passive smoking, pets, and active smoking (only for adolescents). Population…
‘It’s not just a lot of words’. A qualitative exploration of residents’ descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing
2019
Author's accepted manuscript. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Social Work on 24/10/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13691457.2019.1682523.
Gentrifizierung in periurbanen Räumen Frankreichs: Am Beispiel des Umlandes von Nancy
2019
International audience; Gentrifizierungsprozesse in periurbanen Räumen Frankreichs fanden in der Forschung bisher kaum Beachtung; sie wurden als naheliegende Prozesse in Kernstädten verstanden und untersucht. Zudem wurde eher die Krise der Vorstädte, der banlieues beachtet, womit Stigmatisierung und Ausgrenzung analyseleitend wurden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird nun hingegen am Beispiel des Umlandes der Metropole Nancy (Region Grand Est) Gentrifizierung als Entwicklung herausgestellt, die sich ebenfalls als konstitutiv für periurbane Räume und damit kleinere Umlandgemeinden von Städten bzw. insbesondere Metropolen andeutet. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Beleuchtung bisheriger Forschungszugänge …
Una svolta qualitativa per l’abitare: quartiere, periferia, città.
2015
Non si può parlare di città senza fare cenno alla casa e al quartiere: è con riferimento a queste due dimensioni che vanno studiate la difficile realtà del disagio abitativo odierno e le cause che lo generano, per far fronte a un’ennesima emergenza aggravata dall’attuale crisi economica. In un periodo in cui urbanisti, architetti ed esperti del settore attribuiscono un ruolo rilevante al tema della rigenerazione e del rammendo urbano, il social housing può offrire scenari interessanti. Fondamentale è il ruolo che i quartieri possono svolgere come generatori di spazi di qualità nella vita quotidiana, offrendo una risposta qualitativa al fabbisogno abitativo. Focalizzando l’attenzione sul ter…
"La post-urbanistica del centrodestra"
2009
L’iniziativa deflagrante del cosiddetto Piano Casa di Berlusconi, che, secondo l’ideatore tutta l’Europa ci vuole copiare, se andrà in porto così come annunciato, seppellirà per sempre i principi e le regole dell’urbanistica che hanno sempre avuto il fine di mediare l’interesse privato e l’interesse pubblico e spegnerà definitivamente la speranza di attuare uno sviluppo sostenibile basato sulla modernizzazione del paese in armonia con la sua identità storica e culturale. Il provvedimento, finalizzato a rilanciare l’attività edilizia, propone infatti che, in deroga agli strumenti urbanistici, ognuno possa ampliare il volume della propria abitazione del 20%; nel caso di edifici non residenzia…
Poblado dirigido de Caño Roto J.L. Íñiguez de Onzoño, A. Vázquez de Castro Madrid 1956
2009
I Poblados dirigidos di Madrid, la cui stagione d'oro dura approssimativamente un anno, da luglio del 1956 allo stesso mese del 1957, vengono realizzati in aree periferiche rispetto al centro urbano, normalmente occupate da baracche o da abitazioni di fortuna, e prive di ogni tipo di pianificazione e urbanizzazione.