Evaluating Access and Mobility within a New Model of Supported Housing for People with Neurotrauma: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Objectives: (1) Evaluate the features of purpose-built apartment living on access, environmental control, and home and community mobility of people living with neurotrauma and (2) Examine tenant perceptions of those features. Research design: Observational case series pilot study. Setting: Three apartments within a residential development in Melbourne, Australia. Participants: Three males (aged 30-55 years) with traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injury living in the three separate apartments. Method and procedures: Measures: Two-published measures of user experience of built and technology environments, coupled with customised interdisciplinary post-occupancy evaluation (POE) methods and GP..