The development of an-age friendly environment standard of practice
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Background: Age-appropriate environmental and sanitation standards for older people reduce risk factors for falls and accidents.
Objective: The goal of this future research was to develop a Standard of Practice (SOP) for environmental management for the elderly.
Methods: This future research was conducted using mixed methods, followed by the development phases. The first phase was the development of an environmental management standard that included five groups: access to accommodation, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and outdoor area, and their safety. In the 2nd phase, academic accuracy was assessed by 16 experts selected by the snowball technique. Questions in the 3rd quartile were included in the next stage. The 3rd phase was academic revision with focus group discussion by 7 selected experts. In the 4th stage, content validity was checked with congruent items by 16 experts selected by snowball technique. There is a cut point score of 0.5 to exclude lower items. Quantitative data were analyzed by percentage and qualitative data by content analysis for the development of SOP.
Results: The research results showed that (1) the mean value of agreement of SOP of 16 experts by Delphi technique was 6.28. The total of 111 items was 5.25, which was above the third quartile. (2) The result of the focus group of connoisseurs showed that SOP was adjusted to 5 groups of 137 items, and the standard was divided into 3 groups: House, Condominium and Day Care Center.
(3) The mean score of item congruence of SOP was measured as 0.95 by community workers. Therefore, the SOP of environmental management for the elderly was 5 groups; the accommodation access, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and outdoor environment and their safety.
Conclusions: Because of the different social contexts, SOP was set by appropriation with the older contexts and application.
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