The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and use of
selected universal design features and products in single-family housing by Oregon
housing contractors. Also researched were barriers and incentives to use as well as
the position and opinions of these housing contractors on the viability...
The oldest members of the huge baby boom cohort (born 1946-1964) will be facing
retirement in the next 10 years. Because of its large size, particularly in relation to the
cohorts that preceded it, the baby boom cohort has distended every social institution that
it has come in contact with...
The purpose of this study was to examine conditions under which functional ability predicts relocation of older persons. Data for this study came from a sample of 6,225 respondents aged 70 or older, who were interviewed both at Wave 1 (1993) and 2 (1995) of a longitudinal national survey of...