Debbie Lager: "Older people need to feel at home in their neighbourhood"

People continue to live independently for longer and longer. But are neighbourhoods and society as a whole ready for this? What are the effects on a living environment of having many older residents with limited mobility? PhD-researcher Debbie Lager says that we should adjust out neighbourhoods and our behaviour to give older adults a sense of belonging. And this doesn't have to be difficult at all.

This Unifocus-video gives insight in Debbies PhD-research.

* Debbie Lager's research is also mentioned in the special edition of Noorderbreedte (Dutch magazine) in cooperation with Sustainable Society.