title: Combining apps targeting professionals and senior citizens to improve housing accessibility and influence housing provision policies.
abstract: Two separate apps that address the increasingly important issue of accessible housing for senior citizens have been developed in different project settings. One of the apps was developed to facilitate the process for professional raters to assess housing accessibility in the context of individual housing adaptations. The other app was developed for senior citizens to raise their awareness of possible accessibility problems in their current dwelling and in other apartments within the available housing stock. Both apps were developed with a high degree of active user involvement in processes utilizing multiple state of the art methods. The results are two well accepted prototype apps perceived as user-friendly and appropriate for the intended user groups. By combining these two apps, our ambition is for the professional raters to benefit by gaining knowledge of their clients' perceived needs and desires, and for senior citizens to benefit by getting access to a database of professionally rated dwellings. The ultimate goal is the generation of sound knowledge reflecting the needs and desires of senior citizens and professional requirements regarding accessible housing as a means to inform and influence housing provision policies.
authors: Department of Occupational Therapy, University College Northern Denmark.
authors: Tina
authors: T
authors: Helle
authors: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Iwarsson
authors: Department of Occupational Therapy, University College Northern Denmark.
authors: Tine Bieber
authors: TB
authors: Lunn
authors: Department of IT program, University College Northern Denmark.
authors: Mogens Holm
authors: MH
authors: Iversen
authors: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
authors: Oskar
authors: O
authors: Jonsson
authors: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
authors: Knut
authors: K
authors: Mårtensson
authors: eLearning Lab, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors: Tanja
authors: T
authors: Svarre
authors: Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
authors: Björn
authors: B
authors: Slaug
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001107:Architectural Accessibility / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000379:methods; D006291:Health Policy; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006798:Housing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications