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101 innovations for active aging From the onset of mankind to nowadays
Spierings, Dort
2012, Part of book or chapter of book (, pp. 84-87)In order to support aging in place, Dutch elderly that cannot live at home any longer are housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALF’s). Here they live as independently as possible and can rely on care and services 24 hours a day. Nowadays the intended home-like atmosphere is threatened by the increasing number of inhabitants needing high levels of care. Initiators have to cope with this issue and have to decide on the most desirable scale of ALFs and the optimal mix of different user groups and facilities. The Assisted Living Atlas shows a huge number of different projects in a standard way, in order to help decision makers to be aware of different solutions and to find best practices.
The Desirable Scale", impact of scale on group mix and social quality in assisted living facilities.
Spierings, Dort
2012, Part of book or chapter of book (, pp. 88-102)In order to be able to age in place, Dutch elderly are being housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) for over 25 years. Here they can live independently and rely on care and services. The physical scale of ALFs ranges from 30 up to 300 residents. This paper presents the findings of a multiple case study of 24 projects regarding the impact of physical scale on group mix and social quality. The projects in the population included groups with heavier care need than presumed, leading to two contrary effects: a positive influence of vital elderly on social interaction and informal care, and a negative influence on vital elderly being confronted by the perspective of a more care de-manding future, especially due to the inclusion of people with dementia. However, due to a changing policy and housing demands of elderly, they live longer at home, leading to a higher care needing population within ALFs. These changes undermine the concept of Assisted Living Facilities.
Choices in scale, guided by quality or legislation? : The influence of institutional factors on assisted living facilities
Spierings, Dort
2011, Article / Letter to editor (Tussenstand, vol. 2012, (2011))Since the eighties, Dutch residents of care homes have been housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) in order to age in place and live with higher social quality of housing. Scale, group mix and social quality of housing of these ALFs has not yet been explored. Initiators decide on experience and intuition or guided by policy and exploitation. The question arises: Are choices in scale for assisted living facilities based on quality factors or guided by institutional influences as legislation and financing? A desk research of 593 projects was made besides a multiple case study in 24 projects. Significant relations were found, partly in line with presuppositions on quality drivers, partly inexplicable. Comparing these incongruities with changes in legislation and financing, plausible relations were found. This leads to the conclusion that decisions for ALFs are based more on institutional factors and less strictly on quality choices than is avowed.
Het blijft een uitdagende puzzel : Omgaan met de zorgbehoefte en zorgvraag van senioren
Kohlmann, J. ; Spierings, Dort
2011, Part of book or chapter of book (, pp. 37-44)Wat is nu eigenlijk de zorgbehoefte en zorgvraag van senioren, en bestaat er wel zoiets als de senior? Het antwoord luidt: nee. Dit doordat alle 55+’ers anders zijn en andere behoeftes hebben. Hierdoor blijft het een uitdagende puzzel om dit soort vraagstukken op te lossen.
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Kohlmann, J. ; Spierings, Dort
2011, Article / Letter to editor (Weekblad facilitair & gebouwbeheer, vol. 5, iss. 287, (2011), pp. 36-37)Wat is nu eigenlijk de zorgbehoefte en zorgvraag van senioren, en bestaat er wel zoiets als de senior? Het antwoord luidt: nee. Dit doordat alle 55 ers anders zijn en andere behoeftes hebben. Hierdoor blijft het een uitdagende puzzel om dit soort vraagstukken op te lossen. Nederland heeft te maken met een vergrijzende bevolking en hierdoor ontstaan er een viertal problemen. Dit zijn tekorten aan: behoefte aan seniorenbouw, geschikte locaties voor seniorenbouw, financiering en beroepskrachten.

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