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Exploring the Connection Between Personal Space and Social Participation

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Pages 107-122 | Published online: 15 Mar 2016
 

ABSTRACT

An innovative housing model that provides integrated support services to a mixed community of adults with physical, developmental, and mental health needs demonstrates how the use of social and personal space intersects with social participation levels. Case study findings from the first two years of this five-year research project at Reena Community Residence will report on the lived experience of a diverse, multigenerational population as they transition from various residential settings and connect to a new “intentional community with supports.” It is important when considering housing for older adults who are aging in place to recognize that these tenants with special needs age much earlier than the rest of the population. Tenant responses define their personal space and environmental fit. Emerging levels of social participation are being recognized by the tenants as life-changing events.

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1 World Health Organization (WHO), Citation2007.

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