The different aspects of the housing quality of older adults : which criteria should be prioritized?

Sendi, Richard (author), Filipovič Hrast, Maša (author), Šeme, Ajda (author), Kerbler, Boštjan Kefo (author)

Various studies have identified that older adults’ assessment oftheir housing quality differs from that deemed as good quality housing by housing professionals. This has prompted the need to advance academic discourse beyond simply reporting highlevels of satisfaction in older adult’s housing surveys. This studyattempts to achieve this by using empirical data gatheredthrough a mixed quantitative and qualitative research approachconducted with older adults in Slovenia. While the quantitativesurvey revealed generally high levels of satisfaction, the qualitative face-to-face interviews revealed numerous deficiencies,irrespective of whether older adults tended to express satisfaction with their dwellings. Therefore, our findings suggest thatattributes such as ownership, period of residence, and neighborhood relations are far more important in determining housing satisfaction. Thus, we conclude that policies and programsfor modifying housing for older adults must be based ona deeper understanding of their specific needs. During thepolicy formulation process and the implementation of specifichousing improvement programs, emphasis should be placed onthe social-historical aspects related to the lifestyle of each specific older adult.

• Language: English
• Keywords: ageing in place, housing policy, housing quality, housing satisfaction, older adults' housing, quality of life
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 1234-1253
• Numbering: Vol. 37, no. 6
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165965
• UDC: 712
• ISSN on article: 1545-0821
• DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2422668
• COBISS.SI-ID: 213717507
• Publication date in RUL: 16.12.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of aging & social policy
• Shortened title: J. aging soc. policy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1545-0821
• COBISS.SI-ID: 521252377

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Description: The most restrictive Creative Commons license. This only allows people to download and share the work for no commercial gain and for no other purposes.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: trajnostno mesto, trajnostno načrtovanje mest, starejši ljudje, urbanistično načrtovanje, kvaliteta bivanja

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J5-2568
• Name: Javni prostor za potrebe starejših v velikih večstanovanjskih soseskah v Sloveniji

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J5-8243
• Name: Model za kakovostno staranje v domačem bivalnem okolju v Sloveniji