Table 4 Top ten choices for what a home designed to support people as they age should be
Choices | Percentage including each choice in their top ten | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Individuals aged 55+ | Professionals aged 55+ | Professionals | |
Designed for people with mobility impairments | 82 | 96 | 82 |
Within walking distance of the community | 95 | 63 | 75 |
Designed for people with cognitive change | 68 | 75 | 82 |
Easy to keep warm or cool | 82 | 71 | 75 |
Designed to make adaptation easier | 77 | 54 | 89 |
Affordable | 73 | 75 | 71 |
Easy to change to fit people’s preferences | 68 | 75 | 71 |
A beautiful or modern home | 59 | 71 | 46 |
In a community with people of different ages | 59 | 46 | 68 |
Designed to reduce the risk and fear of falling | 50 | 50 | 64 |
Fitted with easy to understand appliances | 73 | 42 | 50 |
Designed for people with sensory impairments | 45 | 46 | 61 |
A home anyone would want to live in | 55 | 71 | 29 |
Within driving distance of the community | 36 | 33 | 50 |
Designed to make installing telecare easier | 41 | 42 | 39 |
Designed with ‘extra’ space | 36 | 38 | 39 |
A haven or sanctuary | 27 | 33 | 29 |
Equipped with Smart Home technologies | 14 | 46 | 11 |
Built in a community for older people | 9 | 13 | 7 |