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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1329315
This article is part of the Research Topic Sustainable housing for sustainable future growth of Middle East Cities View all 3 articles

Elderly supportive environment at home -A Case Study in Jordan: Overall sense of control associated with home modification

Provisionally accepted
Majd S. Homoud Majd S. Homoud 1,2*
  • 1 Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 2 German jordanian university, Amman, Amman, Jordan

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    Modification becomes a critical issue in a supportive home environment for the elderly. Using This study examined if modifications in different spaces at home are facilitated to provide a supportive environment for the elderly to feel in control in a cultural context. Data was utilized using field research with a mixed method design: Structured and open-ended interviews as well as surveys using a questionnaire. The hypothesis states that the elderly have a supportive environment at home when the overall sense of control is associated with home modification. The result reveals that overall sense of control with home modification and its components: kitchen, bedroom, living room, and reception room have a significant effect on elderly wellbeing. Therefore, elder supported environment in Jordan can only take place by boosting awareness about the existing problems in the physical environment, by describing the benefits of home modification and by reducing the barriers of home modifications. This process can enhance the housing market and provide better urban policies for urban design and urban planning based on cultural heritage and values.

    Keywords: elderly1, Jordan 2, Housing Market Residential3, cultural heritage Personalization4, urban planning Urban5, sustainability6, Socio-cultural7, Modification8

    Received: 28 Oct 2023; Accepted: 04 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Homoud. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Majd S. Homoud, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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