MA (Urban Design), Oxford Brookes University, UK
BSc (Engineering Management), Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China
PhD Thesis Title:
Understanding the Influence of Living Environment on Wellbeing of Residents in Continuing Care Retirement Communities
PhD Research Summary:
Fast population aging has been considered one of the most challenging demographic transitions in China. In the past, China profited from an exceptionally solid arrangement of family obligations through which the older can depend on broad help. However, the scaling down of family structures and other social changes have put increasing pressure on aged care, which has shaken customary locally established home-based care. In this specific circumstance, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is an arising institutional living course of action for the expanding number of more established Chinese. As a practical housing choice for older individuals, CCRC gives an age-accommodating living environment that fulfills occupants’ necessities as far as a way of life and environmental friendliness. This project aims to explore how the living environment affects the well-being of the elderly in CCRC to varying degrees via a Bayesian network model, and then propose effective strategies to improve well-being through BN modelling and simulation