Thesis--Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 242-250).

The amount of people retiring in Sweden is increasing and will continue to do so in the future. Politicians have recognized a challenge in this demographic development and it is important that they act in time and in a way that satisfies the need. The disposable income for people above the age of 65 has increased the past years and continues to increase according to the Swedish Statistics forecast, this indicates that the retired people will have more money to spend on housing in the future. There are different types of living for elderly in Sweden; staying at home, senior living, secure living and nursing homes and an interesting question is if these will be adoptable in the future. New solutions, which address the demands for higher standards, will ease the social and security aspects for the residents as well as improve the work environment for the employees in the home care service business. These different solutions are not yet implemented in a large scale, but development show that they are influencing the future direction of building senior residencies. Retired couples who get ill at different times might not get to live together or near each other when they require different levels of assistance to manage daily life. Moving away from a familiar area, family and friends can be stressful. By placing different types of elderly living close to each other is a solution that might help decrease that stress. There are some solutions like this already on the market today and it is a solution worth investigating more. We believe that the availability of new and refurbished buildings needs to be more focused on easing the living for elderly people and may be achieved by implementing a certification system. Implementation and use of this certification system may create goodwill for investors and therefore force construction companies to build according to it. However a certification has to be requested by residents, municipalities and tenants, to be considered by the investors.

Specifically, this study attempts to answer two questions: (1) What are the principles and techniques necessary for an experiment in cooperative, creative living with young children? (2) What (in this specific case) are some of the resulting products of such an experiment?

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Målet med detta projekt har varit att underlätta växlingen mellan arbete och vila för de som bor litet och arbetar i hemmet. Bakgrunden till detta är att vi idag har en stark bostadsbrist i Sverige och att det kommer behöva byggas fler små lägenheter. Produkter som är anpassade för mindre boyta kommer därför behöva tillverkas. Research har varit en stor del i projektet och innefattar användarundersökningar, compact living, bordets historia och hållbar produktion. Slutresultatet har blivit ett bord som passar till både arbete och återhämtning med möjlighet till miljöombyte och förvaring. Bordet består utav två bordskivor som användaren kan nyttja. Grundtanken är att användaren ska ha möjlighet att förvara sitt arbete utan att behöva plocka undan någonting och då fritt kunna använda den övre bordsskivan. Min förhoppning är att bordet får en lång livslängd och fungerar för olika livssituationer samt att användaren knyter an till produkten. Detta utifrån en hållbarhetsaspekt och som motreaktion mot konsumtionens slit-och-släng beteende.

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The study reported in this thesis attempted to determine some of the effects of institutional living on a group of elderly people. The study endeavored to discover whether any changes took place between the expectations of the persons planning to enter a home for the aged and the opinions of the same persons after they had lived in the home.