Staying Put
Author | : Susan Lanspery |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2018-12-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781351841627 |
ISBN-13 | : 1351841629 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities, and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year. Ninety-nine percent of the housing that will be in use in the year 2000 exists today. The long-needed anthology "Staying Put: Adapting the Places Instead of the People" emphasizes the disabilities and abilities of environments instead of individuals. With contributions from leading authorities, it integrates a wide range of theoretical and practical ideas about housing adaptation for researchers, students, consumers, policymakers, and practitioners in human services and the building trades.