Chapter 11: Housing and Transportation

Question 1

Ecological model

Answer 1

The Lawton-Nahemow model of interaction between the individual and the environment that holds that a person’s ability and demands of the environment influence that person’s life satisfaction and ability to function

Question 2

Environmental press

Answer 2

The demands of the environment on a person

Question 3

Aging in place

Answer 3

Older people living into late old age in the same place they lived in their middle years

Question 4

Collective dwellings

Answer 4

These include healthcare facilities; also refers to long-term care institutions

Question 5

Intimacy at a distance

Answer 5

The choice of many older people to live near, but not with, their children

Question 6

Core housing need

Answer 6

Exists when the housing is too small or in poor repair or the household spends more than 30 percent of its total income on housing

Question 7

Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RRAP)

Answer 7

A federal government program offering loans to low-income people to help them improve run-down housing

Question 8

Universal design

Answer 8

Housing adaptations that serve people of all ages; designers use lever door handles, low-threshold tubs, and temperature limits on hot water tanks to improve housing for older people, as well as children and those with disabilities

Question 9

Vistability

Answer 9

Requires that an older resident or visitor with a disability be able to move barrier-free within the first floor of a single-family house

Question 10

FlexHousing

Answer 10

A housing concept that designers and builders use to make future changes in housing easy and affordable in order to meet the changing needs of people as they age

Question 11

Reverse annuilty mortgage (RAM)

Answer 11

A type of reverse mortgage whereby a person buys a life annuity and gets an income while living in the home; the mortgage company takes over the house when the person dies

Question 12

Shelter allowances

Answer 12

Government allowances that subsidize the person, not the housing project, and allow older people to choose their own apartment

Question 13

Supportive housing

Answer 13

Provided for people who need minimal to moderate care and use services such as homemaking, personal care, and social support programs

Question 14

Enriched housing

Answer 14

Provides services such as meals and cleaning services to help people live on their own

Question 15

Assisted living

Answer 15

Housing that provides personal care services and other supports to frail seniors to help them live independently in the community

Question 16

Granny flat

Answer 16

Part of a house made into a self-contianed unit for an elderly relative, or a small, portable cottage or dwelling erected in the garden of an adult child’s house

Question 17

Garden suite

Answer 17

Garden suite a seperate building on an adult child’s property or part of the adult child’s house made into a self-contained unit for an elderly relative; also known as a granny falt

Question 18

Naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)

Answer 18

Neighbourhoods that already have many older people, these communities can enhance the experience of current residents

Question 19

Planned retirement communities

Answer 19

A developer builds and sells houses to healthy, active retirees; these communities supply health services, shopping centres, and recreation facilities

Question 20

Continuing care retirement communities (CCRC’s)

Answer 20

Allow seniors to remain in one facility if the level of required care changes

Question 21

55 Alive Mature Driving Program

Answer 21

A program that helps seniors improve their driving skills and teaches them how aging affects driving

Question 22

Transportation brokerage

Answer 22

A program that matches passengers with transportation services that meet their needs

Question 23

Mobility club

Answer 23

A volunteer group of older people who provide rides to other seniors

Question 24

Age-friendly communities

Answer 24

Have safe neighbourhoods, pleasant outdoors spaces, and opportunities for seniors to volunteer or work