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Creator:: Lee, Megan
Abstract:: Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Place: A Contemporary Social Phenomenon Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell

Creator:: Buasri, Virajada
Abstract:: Changing demographics and lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the elderly within the family structure is no longer assured. However, the concept of living in retirement housing is unfamiliar to most senior Thai citizens. The purpose of this study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Thai Universities. Abstract approved: Leslie/. Burns Carmen D. Steggell Changing demographics and

Creator:: Northup, Reade B.
Abstract:: This study focused on users' emotional responses to a sustainable and a non-sustainable interior environment. Emotional reactions toward interior environments were tested by having subjects complete a survey. The survey tested users' emotional reactions with a mixed methods approach by including both qualitative and quantitative questions. The scope of this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: advisor and mentor and to the author’s committee members, Mrs. Carol Caughey, Dr. Carmen Steggell, and

Creator:: June, Kyung Sook
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and detailed corrections, Dr. Victoria Douglass, Ms. Carol Caughey, and Dr. Carmen B. Steggell for

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