Berglund-Snodgrass, Lina
- Blekinge Institute of Technology
Abstract
This article examines the space-time situatedness of residing within extra-care housing (ECH) in Sweden. EHC constitutes an example of ordinary housing but is often categorized, along with senior housing, as "in-between housing." What differentiates the extra-care housing from the ordinary is an age limit for moving in, the provision of communal facilities, and the presence of staff at certain times each week. Two housings with different environmental and architectural conditions have been analyzed through spatial analyses, observations, and interviews with residents (n = 18). The article concludes that the two different assemblings enabled two very different possibilities for accessing "safe aging." One offered opportunities for the continuation of identities which contributed to feelings of safety, and one demanded the reconstitution of identities for developing meaning in the new housing.
Keywords
Safety; extra-care housing; space-time trajectories; architecture; assemblings
Published in
Journal of Housing for the Elderly
2019, volume: 33, number: 2, pages: 173-188
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1534181
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/117511