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- Helle, Tina, et al.
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Combining apps targeting professionals and senior citizens to improve housing accessibility and influence housing provision policies.
- 2015
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - 0926-9630. - 9781614995654 ; 217, s. 300-305
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two separate apps that address the increasingly important issue of accessible housing for senior citizens have been developed in different project settings. One of the apps was developed to facilitate the process for professional raters to assess housing accessibility in the context of individual housing adaptations. The other app was developed for senior citizens to raise their awareness of possible accessibility problems in their current dwelling and in other apartments within the available housing stock. Both apps were developed with a high degree of active user involvement in processes utilizing multiple state of the art methods. The results are two well accepted prototype apps perceived as user-friendly and appropriate for the intended user groups. By combining these two apps, our ambition is for the professional raters to benefit by gaining knowledge of their clients' perceived needs and desires, and for senior citizens to benefit by getting access to a database of professionally rated dwellings. The ultimate goal is the generation of sound knowledge reflecting the needs and desires of senior citizens and professional requirements regarding accessible housing as a means to inform and influence housing provision policies.
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- Helle, Tina, et al.
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Development and Reliability Testing of the Nordic Housing Enabler - An Instrument for Accessibility Assessment of the Physical Housing
- 2009
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Ingår i: Assistive Technology From Adapted Equipment To Inclusive Environments. - 1383-813X .- 1879-8071. ; 25, s. 416-420
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- For decades, accessibility to the physical housing environment for people with functional limitations has been of interest politically, professionally and for the users Guidelines and norms on accessible housing design have gradually been developed, however the built environment shows serious deficits when it comes to accessibility This study addresses development of a content valid cross Nordic version of the Housing Enabler and investigation of inter-rater reliability when used in occupational therapy practice The instrument was translated from the original Swedish version and adapted according to accessibility norms and guidelines for housing design in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland This iterative process involved occupational therapists, architects, building engineers and professional translators, resulting in the Nordic Housing Enabler For reliability testing, the sample strategy and data collection procedures were the same in all countries In total, twenty voluntary occupational therapists collected data from 106 cases by means of the Nordic Housing Enabler Inter-rater reliability was calculated by means of percentage agreement and kappa statistics Overall good percentage agreement for all parts of the instrument was shown, indicating that the Nordic Housing Enabler is sufficiently reliable for application in practice and research in the Nordic context The kappa results varied and possible explanations are discussed which should be kept in mind when interpreting the results
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