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  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

    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...
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    Dissertation
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    users of the AIP concept. The second research study titled, The Current State of Older Women Aging in

  • Person-environment fit and adaptation : exploring the interaction between person and environment in older age

    Creator:
    Lien, Laura L.
    Abstract:
    The ability to independently age in place requires an appropriate match between a person and the environment, or P-E fit. The person-environment interaction helps describe the adaptation processes employed in older age to achieve P-E fit, but is little understood. Therefore, the objective of this two-part study was to gain...
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    Dissertation
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    people and their environments, successful interventions that allow older adults to age well in place