Pettersson Cecilia, Slaug Björn, Granbom Marianne, Kylberg Marianne, Iwarsson Susanne
a Department of Health Sciences , Lund University , Lund , Sweden.
Scand J Occup Ther. 2018 Nov;25(6):407-418. doi: 10.1080/11038128.2017.1280078. Epub 2017 Jan 24.
To estimate the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers (EB) in the ordinary housing stock in Sweden, and to explore the estimated effects on accessibility at a population level in relation to (a) residents with different functional profiles, (b) different housing types and (c) building periods.
Data on dwellings from existing Swedish research databases were utilized. EB and accessibility were assessed by means of the Housing Enabler instrument. In simulations of EB removal, five items that correspond to the most common housing adaptations were selected. The simulations were applied to four functional profiles of different complexity.
EB known to be commonly removed by housing adaptations exist in large proportions of the existing ordinary housing stock. Estimated targeted elimination of selected barriers would have the largest accessibility effects for the more complex functional profiles. The effects would be consistently larger for one-family houses, and for all types of dwellings built before 1960.
The elimination of the EB most commonly addressed by housing adaptations could result in a reduction of the housing accessibility problems that community-living older people are facing. For society to solve the housing situation for the ageing population well-informed and efficient upgrading of ordinary housing is imperative.
评估瑞典普通住房存量中针对性消除环境障碍（EB）的效果，并探讨在人口层面上与以下方面相关的可及性估计效果：（a）具有不同功能特征的居民；（b）不同住房类型；（c）建造时期。
利用瑞典现有研究数据库中的住宅数据。通过住房促进者工具评估EB和可及性。在消除EB的模拟中，选择了与最常见住房改造相对应的五个项目。这些模拟应用于四种不同复杂程度的功能特征。
在现有普通住房存量的很大一部分中存在已知通过住房改造通常会消除的EB。对于更复杂的功能特征，估计有针对性地消除选定障碍对可及性的影响最大。对于独栋房屋以及1960年以前建造的所有类型住宅，影响将始终更大。
消除住房改造中最常涉及的EB可能会减少社区居住老年人面临的住房可及性问题。为了社会妥善解决老年人口的住房状况，对普通住房进行明智且高效的升级至关重要。
