A Social-Ecological Approach to Identify Facilitators and Barriers of Home Modifications
2021
Carlyn Ellison | Linda Struckmeyer | Mahshad Kazem-Zadeh | Nichole Campbell | Sherry Ahrentzen | Sherrilene Classen
Aging individuals may face difficulty with independently navigating and interacting with their home environment. Evidence-based interventions promoting home modifications are needed to support aging-in-place across the lifespan. This study identified the facilitators and barriers to implementing home modifications from the perspectives of residents and professionals (N = 16). Guided by a social-ecological model, researchers utilized directed content analysis of focus group interviews. While participants discussed facilitators and barriers mainly on the individual level, factors were presented at the relationship, community, and societal level of the model. Overall, the findings suggest a potential for targeted interventions on all levels of the model to promote adoption of home modifications.
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