Impact of Outdoor Space towards the Elderly Wellbeing at Rumah Ehsan Kuala Kubu Bharu

Authors

  • Ahmad Ridzwan Othman Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • Fikri Fadzil Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i12.126

Keywords:

Outdoor space, elderly, wellbeing, space design

Abstract

There is a correlation between the wellbeing of residents of elderly care centre with a well-designed outdoor space. The study was to assess the impact of outdoor space towards the elderly wellbeing in a selected care centre in Malaysia. The focus was on how the elderly physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially behave towards their environment. The investigation is expected to raise awareness amongst the elderly, public and even professionals regarding the significance and implication of having well-designed outdoor spaces at elderly care centre.

Keywords: Outdoor space; elderly; wellbeing; space design

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. 

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2018-07-18

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Othman, A. R., & Fadzil, F. (2018). Impact of Outdoor Space towards the Elderly Wellbeing at Rumah Ehsan Kuala Kubu Bharu. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(12), 91–101. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i12.126

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