Research Article

Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus

Volume: 8 Number: 1 July 31, 2023
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Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus

Abstract

Elderly adults experience physical and cognitive deterioration, which makes them more dependent on others for their daily needs. It is not always possible to provide adequate care in their own homes, emphasizing the crucial need for qualified residential care facilities (RCFs). Given that elderly spend most of their time indoors, it's crucial to provide a good indoor environment quality (IEQ) at RCF. Using the PRISMA scoping review approach, this study seeks to review the body of knowledge about IEQ elements of RCFs. A keyword search yielded 1044 possible papers; however, after removing irrelevant articles and duplications, only 94 papers remained to be reviewed. A snowball search was used to add 32 papers, and finally 126 papers were included in this paper.

Keywords

Design for elderly, elderly care, indoor environmental comfort, indoor environmental quality, residential care facility

Supporting Institution

TUBITAK

Project Number

1002 - Research No: 220K287

Thanks

This research was supported by TUBITAK under Grant 1002 (Research No: 220K287) and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.

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APA
Cılasun Kunduracı, A., Karagözler, S., & Sevinç Karcı, Z. (2023). Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 8(1), 123-145. https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1223526
AMA
1.Cılasun Kunduracı A, Karagözler S, Sevinç Karcı Z. Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus. JASA. 2023;8(1):123-145. doi:10.30785/mbud.1223526
Chicago
Cılasun Kunduracı, Arzu, Selin Karagözler, and Zeynep Sevinç Karcı. 2023. “Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review With Design Focus”. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications 8 (1): 123-45. https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1223526.
EndNote
Cılasun Kunduracı A, Karagözler S, Sevinç Karcı Z (July 1, 2023) Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications 8 1 123–145.
IEEE
[1]A. Cılasun Kunduracı, S. Karagözler, and Z. Sevinç Karcı, “Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus”, JASA, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 123–145, July 2023, doi: 10.30785/mbud.1223526.
ISNAD
Cılasun Kunduracı, Arzu - Karagözler, Selin - Sevinç Karcı, Zeynep. “Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review With Design Focus”. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications 8/1 (July 1, 2023): 123-145. https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1223526.
JAMA
1.Cılasun Kunduracı A, Karagözler S, Sevinç Karcı Z. Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus. JASA. 2023;8:123–145.
MLA
Cılasun Kunduracı, Arzu, et al. “Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review With Design Focus”. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, July 2023, pp. 123-45, doi:10.30785/mbud.1223526.
Vancouver
1.Arzu Cılasun Kunduracı, Selin Karagözler, Zeynep Sevinç Karcı. Indoor Environmental Quality in Residential Care Facilities: A Scoping Review with Design Focus. JASA. 2023 Jul. 1;8(1):123-45. doi:10.30785/mbud.1223526