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https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-67-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-67-2025
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11 Mar 2025
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Designing landscapes of affordances for ageing in place

Ola Söderström, Tania Zittoun, Fabienne Gfeller, Aurora Ruggeri, and Isabelle Kloepper

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This article contributes to studies on and interventions in the quality of old persons' everyday environments. First, it draws on work in geography and psychology to develop an innovative theoretical and methodological framework for interventions aiming to improve the quality of this environment. Second, it shows, step by step, how this framework was used in the context of a project in Switzerland targeting the prevention of old people's social isolation.
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