Home modification
Report
Landscape modification: an alternative to residential access ramps and lifts
This report and associated documents explore and analyse the approach to modifying the surrounding landscape of a home in order to improve accessibility through innovative home modification solutions within a community care context.
Report
The role of home maintenance and modification services in achieving health, community care and housing outcomes in later life
This research project had two broad aims, one focused on research and the other on policy. The first is to establish the foundations for a more extensive evidence base to underpin policies to provide home maintenance and modification (HMM) services to older Australians. The second is to use current research, including the international research literature...
Position paper
The impact of home maintenance and modification services on health, community care and housing outcomes in later life
The aim of this research project is to provide an analytical framework and research foundation for understanding the impact of home maintenance and modification (HMM) services on health, community care and housing outcomes in later life, and for developing more effective public policies relating to provision of these services. The project is predicated on a...
Report
Flexible guidelines for the design of remote Indigenous community housing
A response to the need for a flexible framework of design guidelines - a 'design system' - for remote Indigenous housing. As such, the project provides concepts and design principles to supplement the focus on safety, health, quality control and sustainability in the National Indigenous Housing Guide and related State and Territory guidelines, with principles...