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This paper discusses the cultural characteristics of aged persons that facilitate planning of their future accommodation. It involves the identification of cultural values of the individual elderly, the rural/urban location, and the identification of loadings on those values. The key operative variables of the accommodation system are preserving face, a desire for harmony, with compliance a third factor. These values have been shown to influence the decisions on housing accommodation, particularly in determining change in accommodation and barrier free spatial forms in the housing environment, and shaping free flowing interaction with the community and choice in housing options.
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Yusnani, M.Y. Accommodating the Malaysian elderly: The cultural precursors. Ageing Int. 31, 185–202 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02915228
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