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Prof. Joost van Hoof
The Hague University of Applied Sciences

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Joost van Hoof works as a full professor of Urban Ageing with the Faculty of Social Work & Education of The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Hague, The Netherlands. He works in the field of age-friendly cities. 2019 Habilitation (DSc) Warsaw University of Life Sciences 2010 Doctoral Degree (PhD) Eindhoven University of Technology 2003 MSc Engineering Degree (ir.) Eindhoven University of Technology

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Conference paper
Published: 29 May 2021 in Planning Inclusive Yachts
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Maintaining social participation in late life is an important component of general well-being. For people with dementia, participating in social interactions may become increasingly challenging with the progression of the condition. Social technologies can potentially support and empower them in this setting, yet there is a need to get a comprehensive understanding of how their social participation is hindered and facilitated through technology. This paper presents the outcomes of four co-creation sessions conducted together with four couples. We explored their experienced social challenges and identified opportunities for design to improve their social participation. These focus on compensating for internal and external barriers through design, enhancing agency through the social and physical environment, and learning from previous experiences with existing social technologies. Furthermore, we provide recommendations for future research in the context of social technologies for people with dementia. We argue that design-research should focus on embracing the importance of a broader social context, sharing meaningful activities, and incorporating social contact into the everyday routines. The significance of these outcomes indicates the relevance of well-designed novel social technologies to enrich people’s with dementia experience in the social context.

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Agnieszka Barbara Kolasinska; Myrte Thoolen; Sebastiaan Peek; Yuan Lu; Rens Brankaert. Co-creating Design Opportunities for Social Technology in the Context of Dementia. Planning Inclusive Yachts 2021, 125 -141.

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Agnieszka Barbara Kolasinska, Myrte Thoolen, Sebastiaan Peek, Yuan Lu, Rens Brankaert. Co-creating Design Opportunities for Social Technology in the Context of Dementia. Planning Inclusive Yachts. 2021; ():125-141.

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Agnieszka Barbara Kolasinska; Myrte Thoolen; Sebastiaan Peek; Yuan Lu; Rens Brankaert. 2021. "Co-creating Design Opportunities for Social Technology in the Context of Dementia." Planning Inclusive Yachts , no. : 125-141.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2021 in Beleid en Maatschappij
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Marianne van Bochove; Katja Rusinovic; Suzanna Koops-Boelaars; Joost van Hoof. ‘We gaan het gewoon doen!’. Beleid en Maatschappij 2021, 48, 174 -195.

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Marianne van Bochove, Katja Rusinovic, Suzanna Koops-Boelaars, Joost van Hoof. ‘We gaan het gewoon doen!’. Beleid en Maatschappij. 2021; 48 (2):174-195.

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Marianne van Bochove; Katja Rusinovic; Suzanna Koops-Boelaars; Joost van Hoof. 2021. "‘We gaan het gewoon doen!’." Beleid en Maatschappij 48, no. 2: 174-195.

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Published: 01 May 2021 in Clinical Interventions in Aging
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Light therapy for older persons with dementia is often administered with light boxes, even though indoor ambient light may more comfortably support the diverse lighting needs of this population. Our objective is to investigate the influence of indoor daylight and lighting on the health of older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. A systematic literature search was performed within PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Scopus databases. The included articles (n=37) were published from 1991 to 2020. These articles researched the influence of existing and changed indoor light conditions on health and resulted in seven categories of health outcomes. Although no conclusive evidence was found to support the ability of indoor light to decrease challenging behaviors or improve circadian rhythms, findings of two studies indicate that exposure to (very) cool light of moderate intensity diminished agitation. Promising effects of indoor light were to reduce depressive symptoms and facilitate spatial orientation. Furthermore, there were indications that indoor light improved one’s quality of life. Despite interventions with dynamic lighting having yielded little evidence of its efficacy, its potential has been insufficiently researched among this study population. This review provides a clear and comprehensive description of the impact of diverse indoor light conditions on the health of older adults with dementia living in long-term care facilities. Variation was seen in terms of research methods, (the description of) light conditions, and participants’ characteristics (types and severity of dementia), thus confounding the reliability of the findings. The authors recommend further research to corroborate the beneficial effects of indoor light on depression and to clarify its role in supporting everyday activities of this population. An implication for practice in long-term care facilities is raising the awareness of the increased lighting needs of aged residents.

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Ingrid Goudriaan; Leonieke C van Boekel; Marjolein Ea Verbiest; Joost van Hoof; Katrien G Luijkx. Dementia Enlightened?! A Systematic Literature Review of the Influence of Indoor Environmental Light on the Health of Older Persons with Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities. Clinical Interventions in Aging 2021, ume 16, 909 -937.

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Ingrid Goudriaan, Leonieke C van Boekel, Marjolein Ea Verbiest, Joost van Hoof, Katrien G Luijkx. Dementia Enlightened?! A Systematic Literature Review of the Influence of Indoor Environmental Light on the Health of Older Persons with Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities. Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2021; ume 16 ():909-937.

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Ingrid Goudriaan; Leonieke C van Boekel; Marjolein Ea Verbiest; Joost van Hoof; Katrien G Luijkx. 2021. "Dementia Enlightened?! A Systematic Literature Review of the Influence of Indoor Environmental Light on the Health of Older Persons with Dementia in Long-Term Care Facilities." Clinical Interventions in Aging ume 16, no. : 909-937.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2021 in Building and Environment
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The development of ‘age-friendly cities’ has become a major area of work in the field of ageing and the built environment. This movement is driven by the observation that cities are home to an ever-increasing ageing population. Over the past decade, a multitude of age-friendly initiatives have been developed with the aim of making physical and social environments more favourable for older people's well-being, health and ability to live in the community. This article explores ten key questions associated with the age-friendly cities and communities' movement, with a particular focus on the built environment. It provides an overview of the history of the age-friendly cities' movement and the underlying models, the aspects of the built environment that are relevant for age-friendly cities, the ways age-friendliness can be evaluated, and the interactions between age-friendly cities initiatives and other strategic agendas such as smart cities. The paper concludes by discussing future perspectives and possible directions for further development of the age-friendly movement.

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J. van Hoof; H.R. Marston; J.K. Kazak; T. Buffel. Ten questions concerning age-friendly cities and communities and the built environment. Building and Environment 2021, 199, 107922 .

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J. van Hoof, H.R. Marston, J.K. Kazak, T. Buffel. Ten questions concerning age-friendly cities and communities and the built environment. Building and Environment. 2021; 199 ():107922.

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J. van Hoof; H.R. Marston; J.K. Kazak; T. Buffel. 2021. "Ten questions concerning age-friendly cities and communities and the built environment." Building and Environment 199, no. : 107922.

Commentary
Published: 09 March 2021 in Healthcare
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In the Netherlands, there is a growing need for collective housing for older people to bridge the gap between ageing-in-place and institutional care facilities. Participation of older people in the concept and design phases is important to tune the market supply to the needs of (future) residents, yet social entrepreneurs find it challenging to involve older people. This commentary explores various ways older people can participate in the development of new housing initiatives. The ladder of citizen participation is applied to explore different roles that (future) residents could play with levels of influence varying from non-participation to citizen power. Considerations for meaningful participation are discussed, in order to show how collaborations can be formed between (future) residents and decision makers.

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Joost van Hoof; Katja Rusinovic; Zsuzsu. Tavy; Rudy Van Den Hoven; Jeroen Dikken; Suzan van der Pas; Hanneke Kruize; Simone de Bruin; Marianne van Bochove. The Participation of Older People in the Concept and Design Phases of Housing in The Netherlands: A Theoretical Overview. Healthcare 2021, 9, 301 .

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Joost van Hoof, Katja Rusinovic, Zsuzsu. Tavy, Rudy Van Den Hoven, Jeroen Dikken, Suzan van der Pas, Hanneke Kruize, Simone de Bruin, Marianne van Bochove. The Participation of Older People in the Concept and Design Phases of Housing in The Netherlands: A Theoretical Overview. Healthcare. 2021; 9 (3):301.

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Joost van Hoof; Katja Rusinovic; Zsuzsu. Tavy; Rudy Van Den Hoven; Jeroen Dikken; Suzan van der Pas; Hanneke Kruize; Simone de Bruin; Marianne van Bochove. 2021. "The Participation of Older People in the Concept and Design Phases of Housing in The Netherlands: A Theoretical Overview." Healthcare 9, no. 3: 301.

Editorial
Published: 09 February 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The number of older adults is increasing rapidly, and this demographic shift places an increased level of strain and tension on the various international healthcare and welfare systems

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Joost van Hoof; Hannah Marston. Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 1644 .

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Joost van Hoof, Hannah Marston. Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (4):1644.

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Joost van Hoof; Hannah Marston. 2021. "Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1644.

Journal article
Published: 13 November 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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An important consideration for future age-friendly cities is that older people are able to live in housing appropriate for their needs. While thermal comfort in the home is vital for the health and well-being of older people, there are currently few guidelines about how to achieve this. This study is part of a research project that aims to improve the thermal environment of housing for older Australians by investigating the thermal comfort of older people living independently in South Australia and developing thermal comfort guidelines for people ageing-in-place. This paper describes the approach fundamental for developing the guidelines, using data from the study participants’ and the concept of personas to develop a number of discrete “thermal personalities”. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was implemented to analyse the features of research participants, resulting in six distinct clusters. Quantitative and qualitative data from earlier stages of the project were then used to develop the thermal personalities of each cluster. The thermal personalities represent different approaches to achieving thermal comfort, taking into account a wide range of factors including personal characteristics, ideas, beliefs and knowledge, house type, and location. Basing the guidelines on thermal personalities highlights the heterogeneity of older people and the context-dependent nature of thermal comfort in the home and will make the guidelines more user-friendly and useful.

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Helen Bennetts; Larissa Arakawa Martins; Joost Van Hoof; Veronica Soebarto. Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 8402 .

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Helen Bennetts, Larissa Arakawa Martins, Joost Van Hoof, Veronica Soebarto. Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (22):8402.

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Helen Bennetts; Larissa Arakawa Martins; Joost Van Hoof; Veronica Soebarto. 2020. "Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22: 8402.

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Published: 20 September 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The World Health Organization engages cities and communities all over the world in becoming age-friendly. There is a need for assessing the age-friendliness of cities and communities by means of a transparently constructed and validated tool which measures the construct as a whole. The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire measuring age-friendliness, providing full transparency and reproducibility. The development and validation of the Age Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ) followed the criteria of the COnsensus-based Standards for selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN). Four phases were followed: (1) development of the conceptual model, themes and items; (2) initial (qualitative) validation; (3) psychometric validation, and (4) translating the instrument using the forward-backward translation method. This rigorous process of development and validation resulted in a valid, psychometrically sound, comprehensive 23-item questionnaire. This questionnaire can be used to measure older people’s experiences regarding the eight domains of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities model, and an additional financial domain. The AFCCQ allows practitioners and researchers to capture the age-friendliness of a city or community in a numerical fashion, which helps monitor the age-friendliness and the potential impact of policies or social programmes. The AFCCQ was created in Dutch and translated into British-English.

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Jeroen Dikken; Rudy F.M. Van Den Hoven; Willeke H. Van Staalduinen; Loes M.T. Hulsebosch-Janssen; Joost Van Hoof. How Older People Experience the Age-Friendliness of Their City: Development of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 6867 .

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Jeroen Dikken, Rudy F.M. Van Den Hoven, Willeke H. Van Staalduinen, Loes M.T. Hulsebosch-Janssen, Joost Van Hoof. How Older People Experience the Age-Friendliness of Their City: Development of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (18):6867.

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Jeroen Dikken; Rudy F.M. Van Den Hoven; Willeke H. Van Staalduinen; Loes M.T. Hulsebosch-Janssen; Joost Van Hoof. 2020. "How Older People Experience the Age-Friendliness of Their City: Development of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18: 6867.

Journal article
Published: 27 August 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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In the Netherlands, there is an increasing need for collective forms of housing for older people. Such housing bridges the gap between the extremes of living in an institutionalised setting and remaining in their own house. The demand is related to the closure of many residential care homes and the need for social engagement with other residents. This study focuses on housing initiatives that offer innovative and alternative forms of independent living, which deviate from mainstream housing arrangements. It draws on recent literature on healthcare ‘rebels’ and further develops the concept of ‘rebellion’ in the context of housing. The main research question is how founders dealt with challenges of establishing and governing ‘rebellious’ innovative living arrangements for older people in the highly regulated context of housing and care in the Netherlands. Qualitative in-depth interviews with 17 founders (social entrepreneurs, directors and supervisory board members) were conducted. Founders encountered various obstacles that are often related to governmental and sectoral rules and regulations. Their stories demonstrate the opportunities and constraints of innovative entrepreneurship at the intersection of housing and care. The study concludes with the notion of ‘responsible rebellion’ and practical lessons about dealing with rules and regulations and creating supportive contexts.

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Katja M. Rusinovic; Marianne E. Van Bochove; Suzanna Koops-Boelaars; Zsuzsu K.C.T. Tavy; Joost Van Hoof. Towards Responsible Rebellion: How Founders Deal with Challenges in Establishing and Governing Innovative Living Arrangements for Older People. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 6235 .

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Katja M. Rusinovic, Marianne E. Van Bochove, Suzanna Koops-Boelaars, Zsuzsu K.C.T. Tavy, Joost Van Hoof. Towards Responsible Rebellion: How Founders Deal with Challenges in Establishing and Governing Innovative Living Arrangements for Older People. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (17):6235.

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Katja M. Rusinovic; Marianne E. Van Bochove; Suzanna Koops-Boelaars; Zsuzsu K.C.T. Tavy; Joost Van Hoof. 2020. "Towards Responsible Rebellion: How Founders Deal with Challenges in Establishing and Governing Innovative Living Arrangements for Older People." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6235.

Journal article
Published: 18 July 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The role of smart cities in order to improve older people’s quality of life, sustainability and opportunities, accessibility, mobility, and connectivity is increasing and acknowledged in public policy and private sector strategies in countries all over the world. Smart cities are one of the technological-driven initiatives that may help create an age-friendly city. Few research studies have analysed emerging countries in terms of their national strategies on smart or age-friendly cities. In this study, Romania which is predicted to become one of the most ageing countries in the European Union is used as a case study. Through document analysis, current initiatives at the local, regional, and national level addressing the issue of smart and age-friendly cities in Romania are investigated. In addition, a case study is presented to indicate possible ways of the smart cities initiatives to target and involve older adults. The role of different stakeholders is analysed in terms of whether initiatives are fragmentary or sustainable over time, and the importance of some key factors, such as private–public partnerships and transnational bodies. The results are discussed revealing the particularities of the smart cities initiatives in Romania in the time frame 2012–2020, which to date, have limited connection to the age-friendly cities agenda. Based on the findings, a set of recommendations are formulated to move the agenda forward.

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Loredana Ivan; Dorin Beu; Joost Van Hoof. Smart and Age-Friendly Cities in Romania: An Overview of Public Policy and Practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5202 .

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Loredana Ivan, Dorin Beu, Joost Van Hoof. Smart and Age-Friendly Cities in Romania: An Overview of Public Policy and Practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (14):5202.

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Loredana Ivan; Dorin Beu; Joost Van Hoof. 2020. "Smart and Age-Friendly Cities in Romania: An Overview of Public Policy and Practice." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 14: 5202.

Review
Published: 24 April 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Given the growing number of older people, society as a whole should ideally provide a higher quality of life (QoL) for its ageing citizens through the concept of personalised ageing. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are subject to constant and rapid development, and can contribute to the goal of an improved QoL for older adults. In order to utilise future ICT solutions as a part of an age-friendly smart environment that helps achieve personalised ageing with an increased QoL, one must first determine whether the existing ICT solutions are satisfying the needs of older people. In order to accomplish that, this study contributes in three ways. First, it proposes a framework for the QoL of older adults, in order to provide a systematic review of the state-of-the-art literature and patents in this field. The second contribution is the finding that selected ICT solutions covered by articles and patents are intended for older adults and are validated by them. The third contribution of the study are the six recommendations that are derived from the review of the literature and the patents which would help move the agenda concerning the QoL of older people and personalised ageing with the use of ICT solutions forward.

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Sabina Baraković; Jasmina Baraković Husić; Joost Van Hoof; Ondrej Krejcar; Petra Maresova; Zahid Akhtar; Francisco Jose Melero. Quality of Life Framework for Personalised Ageing: A Systematic Review of ICT Solutions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 2940 .

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Sabina Baraković, Jasmina Baraković Husić, Joost Van Hoof, Ondrej Krejcar, Petra Maresova, Zahid Akhtar, Francisco Jose Melero. Quality of Life Framework for Personalised Ageing: A Systematic Review of ICT Solutions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (8):2940.

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Sabina Baraković; Jasmina Baraković Husić; Joost Van Hoof; Ondrej Krejcar; Petra Maresova; Zahid Akhtar; Francisco Jose Melero. 2020. "Quality of Life Framework for Personalised Ageing: A Systematic Review of ICT Solutions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 8: 2940.

Editorial
Published: 08 March 2020 in Indoor and Built Environment
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Joost van Hoof; Chuck Wah Yu. Ageing communities, supportive housing and enabling built environments. Indoor and Built Environment 2020, 29, 295 -298.

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Joost van Hoof, Chuck Wah Yu. Ageing communities, supportive housing and enabling built environments. Indoor and Built Environment. 2020; 29 (3):295-298.

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Joost van Hoof; Chuck Wah Yu. 2020. "Ageing communities, supportive housing and enabling built environments." Indoor and Built Environment 29, no. 3: 295-298.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2019 in Environmental Science & Policy
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Contemporary socio-environmental problems such as the reduced availability of natural resources, the loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, pollution, an unprecedented population growth, the mass migration of people to cities, and urban sprawl may be associated with the consequences of an economic infinite growth paradigm on a finite planet. Despite international goals for improving the spatial and environmental management, current and future developments are continuously planned without the consideration of the biophysical limits to growth. This could be equated with the environmental carrying capacity (ECC), a concept and a tool for the sustainable development of human settlements. This research use the environmental indicators such as Ecological Footprint (EF) and biocapacity (BC) for ECC quantification. Despite EF and BC accounting is well-developed at the global, national and regional levels, there is still lack of local - urban standard for EF assessment. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to present the local approach for EF assessment and its potential to use for ECC assessment at local (i.e., city) level. The study compares the hybrid EF, which joined the bottom-up CF with the remaining EF’s components from a top-down approach, with the standard top-down EF approach. In this study, the assessment focused mainly on household consumption which could be equated as main driver responsible for Ecological Footprint. Thus, the impact of household consumption was quantified according to four categories reflecting resources’ use and waste generation as: Food, Housing, Mobility, Services and Goods. The analysis of ECC was conducted for the Polish city of Wrocław in Central Eastern Europe for the year 2016. The results showed, that the city of Wrocław exceeds its ECC. Both calculations were affected by data limitations, and likely represent overestimation of the EF. The proposed approach could be important for ECC assessment, quantification of the EF of human activities, and more sustainable spatial management of the city.

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Małgorzata Świąder; David Lin; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Katsunori Iha; Joost van Hoof; Ingrid Belčáková; Selen Altiok. The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities. Environmental Science & Policy 2019, 105, 56 -74.

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Małgorzata Świąder, David Lin, Szymon Szewrański, Jan K. Kazak, Katsunori Iha, Joost van Hoof, Ingrid Belčáková, Selen Altiok. The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities. Environmental Science & Policy. 2019; 105 ():56-74.

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Małgorzata Świąder; David Lin; Szymon Szewrański; Jan K. Kazak; Katsunori Iha; Joost van Hoof; Ingrid Belčáková; Selen Altiok. 2019. "The application of ecological footprint and biocapacity for environmental carrying capacity assessment: A new approach for European cities." Environmental Science & Policy 105, no. : 56-74.

Editorial
Published: 13 December 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Quality of life is an umbrella term for the quality of the various domains in life

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Joost Van Hoof; Deirdre M. Beneken Genaamd Kolmer; Erwin De Vlugt; Sanne I. De Vries. Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 5106 .

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Joost Van Hoof, Deirdre M. Beneken Genaamd Kolmer, Erwin De Vlugt, Sanne I. De Vries. Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (24):5106.

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Joost Van Hoof; Deirdre M. Beneken Genaamd Kolmer; Erwin De Vlugt; Sanne I. De Vries. 2019. "Quality of Life: The Interplay between Human Behaviour, Technology and the Environment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 24: 5106.

Editorial
Published: 03 November 2019 in Healthcare
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Taking an international perspective of healthy ageing, people are living longer and are generally in better health than previous generations

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Joost Van Hoof; Hannah R. Marston; Katie R. Brittain; Helen R. Barrie. Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology. Healthcare 2019, 7, 130 .

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Joost Van Hoof, Hannah R. Marston, Katie R. Brittain, Helen R. Barrie. Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology. Healthcare. 2019; 7 (4):130.

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Joost Van Hoof; Hannah R. Marston; Katie R. Brittain; Helen R. Barrie. 2019. "Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology." Healthcare 7, no. 4: 130.

Journal article
Published: 20 September 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more “age-friendly”, and the fundamentals are included in the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, and offers extensive opportunities for the participation of older people in the community. Over the decades, technology has become essential for contemporary and future societies, and even more imperative as the decades move on, given we are nearly in our third decade of the twenty-first century. Yet, technology is not explicitly considered in the 8-domain model by the WHO, which describes an age-friendly city. This paper discusses the gaps in the WHO’s age-friendly cities model in the field of technology and provides insights and recommendations for expansion of the model for application in the context of countries with a high human development index that wish to be fully age-friendly. This work is distinctive because of the proposed new age-friendly framework, and the work presented in this paper contributes to the fields of gerontology, geography urban and development, computer science, and gerontechnology.

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Hannah R. Marston; Joost Van Hoof. “Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 3525 .

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Hannah R. Marston, Joost Van Hoof. “Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (19):3525.

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Hannah R. Marston; Joost Van Hoof. 2019. "“Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19: 3525.

Journal article
Published: 28 August 2019 in BMC Geriatrics
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If technologies are to support aging in place, then it is important to develop fundamental knowledge on what causes stability and changes in the use of technologies by seniors. However, longitudinal studies on the long-term use of technologies that have been accepted into the home (i.e., post-implementation use) are very scarce. Many factors potentially could influence post-implementation use, including life events, age-related decline, changes in personal goal orientation, and various types of social influences. The aforementioned factors are likely to be interrelated, adding to the complexity. The goal of this study is to better understand changes and stability in the use of technologies by independent-living seniors, by using a dynamical systems theory approach. A longitudinal qualitative field study was conducted involving home visits to 33 community-dwelling seniors in the Netherlands, on three occasions (2012–2014). Interviews were held on technology usage patterns, including reasons for stable, increased, declined and stopped use. Technologies were included if they required electric power in order to function, were intended to be used in or around the home, and could support activities of daily living, personal health or safety, mobility, communication, and physical activity. Thematic analysis was employed, using constant case comparison to better understand dynamics and interplay between factors. In total, 148 technology use patterns by 33 participants were analyzed. A core of six interrelated factors was closely linked to the frequency of technology use: emotional attachment, need compatibility, cues to use, proficiency to use, input of resources, and support. Additionally, disruptive forces (e.g., social influences, competition with alternative means, changes of personal needs) could induce change by affecting these six factors. Furthermore, long-term technology use was in some cases more resilient to disruption than in other cases. Findings were accumulated in a new framework: Dynamics In Technology Use by Seniors (DITUS). Similar to aging, the use of technologies by older people is complex, dynamic and personal. Periods of stability and change both occur naturally. The DITUS framework can aid in understanding stability and instability of technology use, and in developing and implementing sustainable technological solutions for aging in place.

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Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek; K. G. Luijkx; H. J. M. Vrijhoef; M. E. Nieboer; S. Aarts; C. S. Van Der Voort; M. D. Rijnaard; E. J. M. Wouters. Understanding changes and stability in the long-term use of technologies by seniors who are aging in place: a dynamical framework. BMC Geriatrics 2019, 19, 1 -13.

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Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek, K. G. Luijkx, H. J. M. Vrijhoef, M. E. Nieboer, S. Aarts, C. S. Van Der Voort, M. D. Rijnaard, E. J. M. Wouters. Understanding changes and stability in the long-term use of technologies by seniors who are aging in place: a dynamical framework. BMC Geriatrics. 2019; 19 (1):1-13.

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Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek; K. G. Luijkx; H. J. M. Vrijhoef; M. E. Nieboer; S. Aarts; C. S. Van Der Voort; M. D. Rijnaard; E. J. M. Wouters. 2019. "Understanding changes and stability in the long-term use of technologies by seniors who are aging in place: a dynamical framework." BMC Geriatrics 19, no. 1: 1-13.

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Published: 27 June 2019 in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
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This paper reports on the research methods used in five different projects aimed at supporting people living with dementia in their everyday lives and activities of daily living. In all five projects, people living with dementia and their informal carers were involved. Applied methods ranged from passive involvement in the form of observations to very active involvement consisting of consultation rounds and think-aloud sessions. The projects highlighted that people living with dementia can still contribute to the development of solutions that support them in the self-management of their symptoms and challenges, as well as technological solutions that support them in daily living.

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Helianthe S.M. Kort; Bas Steunenberg; Joost van Hoof. Methods for Involving People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers as Co-Developers of Technological Solutions. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2019, 47, 149 -156.

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Helianthe S.M. Kort, Bas Steunenberg, Joost van Hoof. Methods for Involving People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers as Co-Developers of Technological Solutions. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2019; 47 (3):149-156.

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Helianthe S.M. Kort; Bas Steunenberg; Joost van Hoof. 2019. "Methods for Involving People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers as Co-Developers of Technological Solutions." Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 47, no. 3: 149-156.

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Published: 17 June 2019 in Indoor and Built Environment
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The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more ‘age-friendly’ through the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city offers a supportive environment that enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, and offers extensive opportunities for their participation in the community. In the attempts to make cities age-friendly, ageism may interact with these developments. The goal of this study was to investigate the extent to which features of age-friendly cities, both facilitators and hindrances, are visible in the city scape of the Dutch municipalities of The Hague and Zoetermeer and whether or not ageism is manifested explicitly or implicitly. A qualitative photoproduction study based on the Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities was conducted in five neighbourhoods. Both municipalities have a large number of visual age-friendly features, which are manifested in five domains of the WHO model, namely Communication and information; Housing; Transportation; Community support and health services; and Outdoor spaces and buildings. Age-stereotypes, both positive and negative, can be observed in the domain of Communication and information, especially in the depiction of third agers as winners. At the same time, older people and age-friendly features are very visible in the cityscapes of both municipalities, and this is a positive expression of the changing demographics.

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Joost van Hoof; Jeroen Dikken; Sandra C. Buttiġieġ; Rudy F. M. Van Den Hoven; Esther Kroon; Hannah R. Marston. Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design. Indoor and Built Environment 2019, 29, 417 -437.

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Joost van Hoof, Jeroen Dikken, Sandra C. Buttiġieġ, Rudy F. M. Van Den Hoven, Esther Kroon, Hannah R. Marston. Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design. Indoor and Built Environment. 2019; 29 (3):417-437.

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Joost van Hoof; Jeroen Dikken; Sandra C. Buttiġieġ; Rudy F. M. Van Den Hoven; Esther Kroon; Hannah R. Marston. 2019. "Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design." Indoor and Built Environment 29, no. 3: 417-437.

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Published: 09 May 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Assistive applications (apps) on smartphones could contribute to a better quality of life for seniors living independently at home. At present, there is a lack of empirical evidence of seniors’ acceptance of such apps. The Cycle of Technology Acquirement by Independent-Living Seniors (C-TAILS) model was recently proposed for studying the interplay between acceptance factors by integrating the personal, social and technological domains of seniors’ daily lives. This study aimed to explore how four groups of factors, clustered in accordance with the C-TAILS model, predict seniors’ interest in assistive apps, on a representative sample of the Slovenian population aged 55 years or older. The 617 respondents, who were contacted though a telephone survey, answered a questionnaire about their interest in three groups of assistive apps and four groups of potentially associated acceptance factors. Three linear regression models were used to analyse the association between the factors and the seniors’ interest in the three types of assistive apps. Smartphone-related dispositional traits were the strongest predictors across all three models. Among mobile phone usage patterns, smartphone use and the breadth of mobile phone features used were significant factors, while the significance of seniors’ personal characteristics and socio-economic conditions varied across the models. Hence, awareness that these factors play different roles in the acceptance of different assistive apps is needed in order to design viable interventions for their acceptance among seniors.

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Andraž Petrovčič; Sebastiaan Peek; Vesna Dolničar. Predictors of Seniors’ Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Slovenia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 1623 .

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Andraž Petrovčič, Sebastiaan Peek, Vesna Dolničar. Predictors of Seniors’ Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Slovenia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (9):1623.

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Andraž Petrovčič; Sebastiaan Peek; Vesna Dolničar. 2019. "Predictors of Seniors’ Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Slovenia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 9: 1623.