Dorothy H. Coons is a Research Associate in the Institute of Gerontology, The University ofMichigan; Co-editor of the book A Better Life: Helping Family Members, Volunteers, and Staff Improve the Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders; and 1988 designated recipient of the Clark Tibbitts Award from the Association for Gerontology in Hig...

nowadays we are living in a situation that houses are looked as a profitable product and as an economic need for families, instead of being a place for tranquillity. in the other word, home which is generally a place of residence is now replaced by shelter. in the other hand, people need to have tranquillity, sense of security in private life and respected territory; so organization of living e...

University of Education, Winneba. College of Technology Education, Department of Accounting Studies Education, Kumasi, Ghana. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper uses the external survey assessment techniques of the Probit model to examine the problem facing non-residential students of the College of Technology Education, U...

This article considers whether feelings of loneliness are associated with aspects of the home and neighbourhood of residence. Multinominal logistic regression models were used to explore associations between residential environment and loneliness in 4,000 residents across deprived areas of Glasgow. People who rated their neighbourhood environment of higher quality, and who used more local ameni...

BACKGROUND Residential care infrastructure, in terms of the characteristics of the organisation (such as proprietary status, size, and location) and the physical environment, have been found to directly influence resident outcomes. This review aimed to summarise the existing literature of economic evaluations of residential care infrastructure. METHODS A systematic review of English language ...

deteriorated urban textures are areas of a city isolated from developmental life cycle. they have turned into the focus of problems and inefficiencies. the evaluation of renewal actions claims to promote residents’ satisfaction in some cases. at the same time of improving objective and economic quality of life, there are claims regarding the lack of any improvements in their subjective quality ...