1. School of Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the Living Environment Clíona Rooney 2 nd Year PhD Candidate Prague 30 th May 2012 Clíona Rooney, Verity Faith, Dr. K. Hadjri & Dr C.Craig

2. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Contents  Background  Aims  Methodology  Context  Existing Literature  Initial Findings  Concluding Discussion

3. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment ……..What are the Lifetime Home Standards? Background Research Problem: Is there scope to Improve the Lifetime Home Standards?

4. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Access Inside the Home Fixtures and Fittings Set of 16 Criteria Background

5. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Background Car Parking Spaces Access from car park Entrances Stairs and Lifts Access

6. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Inside the Home Background Door widths Turning circles Entrance level bed

7. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Fixtures and Fittings Background Window Specifications Switches and Sockets

8. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Aims Aim: Understand the challenges behind implementing the standards by understanding the attitudes and expectations of the stakeholders involved. Secondary aim: To investigate if there is scope to make changes to the standards. Overall aim: Provide an insight into how the standards can be improved

9. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Methodology  Literature Review  Semi-structured Interviews with housing association representatives

10. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Context Facts -13,834 km² -1,799,392 population It is mandatory in NI to build all public housing to the LTHS

11. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment  Long term costs are reduced  Future adaptations are easier  Occupants can remain at home for longer Existing Literature Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards? Positive findings

12. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards?  Do not meet the needs of everyone  Focus solely on mobility challenges  Minimum standards Existing Literature Negative findings

13. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards?  They conflict with space standards  Hinder creativity  It will take decades for their impact to be felt Existing Literature Negative findings

14. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Examples of Lifetime Homes Existing Literature

15. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Interviews  Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis  NVivo  7 themes for discussion

16. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Benefits of LTHS  Reaction of the Housing Associations towards the standards  Attitudes of society and the occupants towards the standards Seven Themes

17. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Attitudes towards visual impairments  Attitudes towards user Involvement  Attitudes towards supplementary guidelines  Ways in which the standards could be improved Seven Themes

18. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Improved access for wheelchair users  Enable future adaptations  Appreciation of extra space and w.c. from all home users  Cost Benefits Benefits of LTHS

19. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Mandatory  Satisfied with the standards  Do not include existing homes  Restrictive  They ignore individuality Reaction of housing associations towards LTHS

20. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Satisfaction with new home  Unaware of the standards  Unaffected by the standards  No Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) Attitudes of the occupants towards LTHS

21. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Surveys  Collaboration with the end user  Over involvement of the user Attitudes towards user involvement

22. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  Add-on features  Not structural  Consultation with Occupational Therapist (OT) Attitudes towards Impairments

23. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings Supplementary guidelines

24. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Initial Findings  More space  Fine tuning  Further reduce the need for adaptations Ways in which the standards could be improved

25. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Concluding Discussion  Do standards hinder creativity?  How can we improve the designers’ awareness of guidelines?

26. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Thank You Clíona Rooney 2 nd Year PhD Candidate IFA Conference Prague 30 th May 2012

27. Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Selected References Literature Review Barlow, J. & Venables, T. (2004). ‘Will Technological Innovation Create the True Lifetime Home’? Housing Studies, 19 (5), 795-810. Brewerton, J. & Darton, D. (1997). Designing Lifetime Homes. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Carrol, C. Cowans, J. & Darton, D. (1999). Meeting Part M and designing Lifetime Homes. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions. (2008). Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society. Yorkshire: Communities and Local Government Publications. Dewsbury, G.A. & Edge, H.M. (2000, June). Designing the Home to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow… Today: Deconstructing and rebuilding the home for life. In: ENHR conference. 26-30 June, ENHR: Gavle Sweden. Donnelly, M. (2009, July). Lifetime Adaptable Homes Seminar. (Paper Presented at the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Seminar: Lifetime Homes in Policy and Practice, Dublin). Retrieved July 26, 2006, from http://accessit.nda.ie/newsandevents/eventsarchive/seminarquotlifetimehomesinpolicyamppracticeq uot http://accessit.nda.ie/newsandevents/eventsarchive/seminarquotlifetimehomesinpolicyamppracticeq uot

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