Rethinking Environmental Gerontology: Designing Inclusive and Resilient Places for Ageing in Place

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Rethinking Environmental Gerontology: Designing Inclusive and Resilient Places for Ageing in Place”, invites interdisciplinary research that examines how physical, social, and technological environments shape health and healthcare in later life. Environmental gerontology highlights dynamic person–environment interactions, and ageing in place (living safely and independently at home and in the community) has become central to public health and health-system practice. We particularly welcome studies that link supportive environments to clinical and patient-reported outcomes, including prevention of functional decline and falls, management of frailty and multimorbidity, improvements in mental health and reduction of loneliness, and enhanced health-related quality of life, alongside impacts on access, adherence, care coordination, utilization, and costs. Conceptual, empirical, and design-informed contributions are encouraged where they elucidate mechanisms of person–environment fit that deliver measurable health benefits and inform scalable policies and models of care that promote safe, equitable ageing in place.

Dr. Adi Vitman Schorr
Guest Editor

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