Relationship between Architectural Aspects of Facility Management and Elderly Quality of Life
Research output: Conference Papers (RGC: 31A, 31B, 32, 33) › 32_Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2012 |
Conference
| Title | 16th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress |
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| City | Brunei Darussalam |
| Period | 7 - 10 July 2012 |
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| Permanent Link | https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(23fa6675-9eb7-49bf-b497-614ee6d819f3).html |
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Abstract
Due to their frail health, elders’ quality of life (QoL) is more sensitive than ordinary people’sto the architectural aspect of facility management (FM) in residential care and attention(C&A) homes. To provide a more humanized architectural FM design for the elderly, thispaper describes the relationship between architectural FM and QoL (made up of physical,psychological, social and environmental aspects) for elders in C&A homes. A questionnairesurvey was designed for elders living in residential C&A homes and conducted in HongKong. A total of 56 respondents participated, including 40 elderly residents and 16 staff inresidential C&A homes. The collected survey data were analysed with Pearson correlationusing SPSS 19.0. The results showed that the overall QoL was related to distance, spaceplanning, privacy, accessibility, floor finishes, and colour and decoration. The findings of thisstudy can help promote the development of architectural FM and raise the QoL of elderseffectively in residential C&A homes in the future.
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Relationship between Architectural Aspects of Facility Management and Elderly Quality of Life. / LEUNG, Mei Yung; YU, Shi Wang.
2012. Paper presented at 16th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress, Brunei Darussalam.
2012. Paper presented at 16th Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress, Brunei Darussalam.
Research output: Conference Papers (RGC: 31A, 31B, 32, 33) › 32_Refereed conference paper (without host publication) › peer-review
