Research Underway
The Housing and Independent Living Project (HAIL)
Investigators:
Julie Byles (PI), Lynette Mackenzie, Sally Redman, Anna Williamson and Lynne Parkinson
Project aim(s):
In this project we will study the home and neighbourhood environments of a sample of community dwelling older people, to determine the extent to which these environments can be considered to be “supportive” according to international measures. This will also identify those people who are least likely to be currently living in more supportive environments, and to match this against people’s expectations of their increasing needs as they age and of how these needs are to be met.
Participation in the HAIL project will help us to identify how different home and neighbourhood environments can support older people living independently, and what factors might be associated with living in less supportive environments.
Project status:
Project commenced
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