School of Planning Architecture Civil Engineering Clona Rooney

School of Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Clíona Rooney, Verity Faith, Dr. K. Hadjri & Dr C. Craig Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the Living Environment Clíona Rooney 2 nd Year Ph. D Candidate Prague 30 th May 2012

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment § Background § Aims § Methodology § Context § Existing Literature § Initial Findings § Concluding Discussion Contents

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Research Problem: Is there scope to Improve the Lifetime Home Standards? ……. . What are the Lifetime Home Standards? Background

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Access Inside the Home Fixtures and Fittings Set of 16 Criteria Background

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Access Car Parking Spaces Access from car park Entrances Stairs and Lifts Background

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Inside the Home Door widths Turning circles Entrance level bed Background

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Fixtures and Fittings Window Specifications Switches and Sockets Background

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Aim: Understand the challenges behind implementing the standards by understanding the attitudes and expectations of the stakeholders involved. Secondary aim: To investigate if there is scope to make changes to the standards. Overall aim: Provide an insight into how the standards can be improved Aims

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment § Literature Review § Semi-structured Interviews with housing association representatives Methodology

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment It is mandatory in NI to build all public housing to the LTHS Facts -13, 834 km² -1, 799, 392 population Context

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Positive findings Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards? § Long term costs are reduced § Future adaptations are easier § Occupants can remain at home for longer Existing Literature

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Negative findings Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards? § Do not meet the needs of everyone § Focus solely on mobility challenges § Minimum standards Existing Literature

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Negative findings Is there scope to improve the Lifetime Home Standards? § They conflict with space standards § Hinder creativity § It will take decades for their impact to be felt Existing Literature

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Examples of Lifetime Homes Existing Literature

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment § Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis § NVivo § 7 themes for discussion Interviews

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Seven Themes § Benefits of LTHS § Reaction of the Housing Associations towards the standards § Attitudes of society and the occupants towards the standards Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Seven Themes § Attitudes towards visual impairments § Attitudes towards user Involvement § Attitudes towards supplementary guidelines § Ways in which the standards could be improved Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Benefits of LTHS § Improved access for wheelchair users § Enable future adaptations § Appreciation of extra space and w. c. from all home users § Cost Benefits Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Reaction of housing associations towards LTHS § Mandatory § Satisfied with the standards § Do not include existing homes § Restrictive § They ignore individuality Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Attitudes of the occupants towards LTHS § Satisfaction with new home § Unaware of the standards § Unaffected by the standards § No Post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs) Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Attitudes towards user involvement § Surveys § Collaboration with the end user § Over involvement of the user Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Attitudes towards Impairments § Add-on features § Not structural § Consultation with Occupational Therapist (OT) Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Supplementary guidelines Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Ways in which the standards could be improved § More space § Fine tuning § Further reduce the need for adaptations Initial Findings

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment § Do standards hinder creativity? § How can we improve the designers’ awareness of guidelines? Concluding Discussion

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Thank You Clíona Rooney 2 nd Year Ph. D Candidate IFA Conference Prague 30 th May 2012

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Literature Review Barlow, J. & Venables, T. (2004). ‘Will Technological Innovation Create the True Lifetime Home’? Housing Studies, 19 (5), 795 -810. Brewerton, J. & Darton, D. (1997). Designing Lifetime Homes. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Carrol, C. Cowans, J. & Darton, D. (1999). Meeting Part M and designing Lifetime Homes. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions. (2008). Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society. Yorkshire: Communities and Local Government Publications. Dewsbury, G. A. & Edge, H. M. (2000, June). Designing the Home to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow… Today: Deconstructing and rebuilding the home for life. In: ENHR conference. 26 -30 June, ENHR: Gavle Sweden. Donnelly, M. (2009, July). Lifetime Adaptable Homes Seminar. (Paper Presented at the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, Seminar: Lifetime Homes in Policy and Practice, Dublin). Retrieved July 26, 2006, from http: //accessit. nda. ie/newsandevents/eventsarchive/seminarquotlifetimehomesinpolicyamppracticeq uot Selected References

Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Literature Review Evans, S. (2009). ‘A response to Baroness Andrews, ‘Lifetime homes, lifetimes neighbourhoods – developing a housing strategy for our ageing population’. Policy and Politics, 36, pp. 151 -154. Goodridge, C. (2006). Accessible London: achieving an inclusive environment Lifetime Homes (PDF), London: Greater London Authority. Retrived October 19, 2010, from http: //legacy. london. gov. uk/mayor/strategies/sds/docs/lifetime-homes. pdf. Hanson, J. (2001). From Sheltered Housing to Lifetime Homes: an inclusive approach to housing. In: Winters, S, ed. 2001. Lifetime Housing in Europe. Leuven: Katholieke Unversiteit Leuven. pp. 35 -57. Harding, E. (2007). Towards Lifetime Neighbourhoods: Designing sustainable communities for all a discussion paper. Yorkshire: Community and local Government Publications. Holland, C. & Peace, S. (2001). Inclusive housing. In S. Peace, & C. Holland eds. 2001. Inclusive Housing in an ageing society, Innovative approaches. Bristol: The Policy Press. pp. 235 -261. Imrie, R. (2006). ‘Independent lives and the relevance of Lifetime homes’. Disability & Society, 4, pp. 359 -374. Selected References

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Assessing Lifetime Home Standards: Housing and the living environment Images Quest. (2012). Quest quality electrical supplies and technology limited socket. Retrieved May 13 th, 2012, from http: //www. questelectrical. co. uk The National Achieves. (2012). Lifetime Homes Diagram. Retrieved May 13 th, 2012, from http: //webarchive. nationalarchives. gov. uk/20100413151441/http: //communities. gov. uk/documents/ housing/jpg/Lifetime. Homes. Diagram. jpg MSMR (2012). Msmr Alice Street London SE 1. Retrieved May 13 th, 2012, from http: //www. msmrarchitects. co. uk/? page=new-build&project=alice-street&image=1180 The Mail. (2009). Architects challenged to Design Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods. Retrieved May 13 th, 2012, from http: //www. britishhomesawards. com/09/awards 09. asp Selected References