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Maintaining functional capacity over the life course. Source: (Kalache & Kickbusch, 1997) from (World Health Organization, 2007)
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This thesis inscribes itself in the discourse of developing Age-friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) from an architectural and a co-design perspective. Our society is changing, and two major societal forces are at the forefront: a rapidly ageing population and increasing urbanisation. This means that cities and communities are required to meet t...
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... refers to this diversity as a 'hallmark' of older age. As seen in figure 2, the broad span in the functional capacity, marked by the vertical distance between the two lines, indicates that older people are much more diverse than younger age groups (World Health Organization, 2015). Some will have the capacities of a 20-year old, while being in their 80s, while others will experience a decline much earlier, in their 50s and 60s. ...
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... refers to this diversity as a 'hallmark' of older age. As seen in figure 2, the broad span in the functional capacity, marked by the vertical distance between the two lines, indicates that older people are much more diverse than younger age groups (World Health Organization, 2015). Some will have the capacities of a 20-year old, while being in their 80s, while others will experience a decline much earlier, in their 50s and 60s. ...
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