Background Most older adults wish to remain in their homes and communities as they age.
Despite this widespread preference, disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare …

Introduction Momentum for urban densification is increasing opportunities for apartment-
living, but can result in reduced green space availability that negatively influences mental …

Social sustainability, the social pillar of sustainable development, has had increasing
influences in recent years. It pursues the realisation of human well‐being and focuses on …

Objective: To characterize the features of aged care users who died by suicide and examine
the use of mental health services and psychopharmacotherapy in the year before death …

The multiple changes in population, economy, and social structure have significantly
impacted China's traditional home-based elderly care and social welfare. The importance of …

The importance of social sustainability, one of the three pillars of sustainable development,
is increasingly recognised. Its implementation in the aged care system enhances …

Objective This study aims to understand and distinguish between satisfied and dissatisfied
older people, through a comparison of their lived experience within a retirement village …

Objective Older women are more likely than men to enter residential aged care (RAC) and
generally stay longer. We aimed to identify and examine their trajectories of care needs over …

This study aims to determine the waiting time and the forms of access to specialized health
services in public hospitals in Ecuador. A representative sample of 32 hospitals under the …

This study aimed to establish a socially sustainable development process for aged care PPP
projects in the Chinese context. There were three research questions: a) What are the …