Publications and communications of Gwendoline Schaff

Scouvemont, M., Elsen, C., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Adam, S., Schmidt, C., Beliy, N., & Bruyère, O. (12 December 2025). Associations between the living environment and sleep through the mediation of the physical activity: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 25 (1). doi:10.1186/s12889-025-25404-2

Scouvemont, M., Schmidt, C., Dautremont, C., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Elsen, C., Adam, S., & Bruyère, O. (02 December 2025). The role of home and neighborhood in supporting autonomy among older adults: A protocol study [Paper presentation]. PhD Day: Ecole doctorale thématique en Santé publique, Santé et Société, Liège, Belgium.

Tannoia, V., Elsen, C., Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Adam, S., Schmidt, C., Bruyère, O., & Scouvemont, M. (02 July 2025). Living Environment Assessment Tools for Older People: a Systematic Literature Review [Paper presentation]. ENHR Grand Paris 2025: Affordable Housing in Greening Cities, Paris, France.

Scouvemont, M.* , Tannoia, V.* , Elsen, C., Adam, S., Beliy, N., Schmidt, C., Bruyère, O., & Schaff, G. (01 July 2025). Stimulation and safety levels in living environments of older people: weighting of items with interdisciplinary experts in ageing [Paper presentation]. ENHR 2025 Grand Paris, Paris, France.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Tannoia, V.* , Scouvemont, M.* , Schmidt, C., Elsen, C., Bruyère, O., Beliy, N., Schaff, G., & Adam, S. (30 June 2025). Presentation of the physical stimulation, cognitive stimulation, and safety concepts [Paper presentation]. International workshop on: ageing, health and housing (AHH), Paris, France.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Scouvemont, M., Humblet, F., Bornheim, S., Beaudart, C., Van Beveren, J., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Elsen, C., Adam, S., Schmidt, C., & Bruyère, O. (15 May 2025). Physical activity scale for the elderly (PASE): Transcultural adaptation into French. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 68 (6), 101994. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2025.101994

Scouvemont, M., Humblet, F., Bornheim, S., Beaudart, C., Van Beveren, J., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Elsen, C., Adam, S., Schmidt, C., & Bruyère, O. (12 April 2025). FRENCH VERSION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SCALE FOR THE ELDERLY (PASE) – TRANSLATION, CULTURAL ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION [Poster presentation]. WORLD CONGRESS ON OSTEOPOROSIS, OSTEOARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES (WCO-IOF-ESCEO), Rome, Italy.

Scouvemont, M., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Elsen, C., Adam, S., Schmidt, C., & Bruyère, O. (12 April 2025). ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND SLEEP THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROTOCOL [Poster presentation]. WORLD CONGRESS ON OSTEOPOROSIS, OSTEOARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES (WCO-IOF-ESCEO) ·, Rome, Italy.

Schaff, G., Vanrie, J., Elsen, C., Petermans, A., & Courtejoie, F. (2025). Moving and/or adapting the home to age well in place: focus on residential experiences of (future) older people. In A. Chatterjee, Architectures of Ageing in Place. Routledge.

Schaff, G. (2024). Bien vieillir chez soi : pour des approches architecturales multiples [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/321025

Scouvemont, M., Tannoia, V., Schaff, G., Schmidt, C., Elsen, C., & Bruyère, O. (July 2024). Stimulation scale of the living environment: validation by experts in ageing [Poster presentation]. The 4th European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen2024), Londres, United Kingdom.

Schaff, G. (27 February 2024). Perspectives on ageing well in place in Wallonia [Paper presentation]. Symposium: Ageing Well in Place: Where, how and for whom, Hasselt, Belgium.

Tannoia, V.* , Scouvemont, M.* , Schaff, G., Beliy, N., Schmidt, C., Bruyère, O., Elsen, C., & Adam, S. (27 February 2024). HABITAGE project - An integrative approach of habitat and health for older people [Paper presentation]. Netwerk Ageing Well in Place Vlaanderen, Hasselt, Belgium.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Tannoia, V., Scouvemont, M., Schaff, G., Schmidt, C., Bruyère, O., Adam, S., Beliy, N., & Elsen, C. (2024). Housing Assessment Tools for Older People: A Systematic Mapping Study [Poster presentation]. The 4th European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen2024), London, United Kingdom.

Schaff, G., Vanrie, J., Courtejoie, F., Elsen, C., & Petermans, A. (2023). Architecture and ageing: lessons learned from a cohousing project. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 38 (4), 2345–2371. doi:10.1007/s10901-023-10039-9

Schaff, G., Petermans, A., Courtejoie, F., Elsen, C., & Vanrie, J. (2022). Designing living environments for older people to age well in place: perspectives from architectural education. Evolving Scholar. doi:10.24404/622fc83f70ceb1afe482d828

Schaff, G. (2022). Maison Dutilleux-Limbourg. In N. Nelles & E. Curien (Eds.), Guide d’architecture moderne et contemporaine 1868-2022 - Verviers, Spa, Ostbelgien (pp. 335). Cellule Architecture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Schaff, G. (2022). Maison de repos et de soins Sainte-Elisabeth. In N. Nelles & E. Curien (Eds.), Guide d’architecture moderne et contemporaine 1868-2022 - Verviers, Spa, Ostbelgien (pp. 218). Cellule Architecture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Schaff, G. (2022). La Barcarolle. In N. Nelles & E. Curien (Eds.), Guide d’architecture moderne et contemporaine 1868-2022 - Verviers, Spa, Ostbelgien (pp. 164). Cellule Architecture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Schaff, G. (2022). Centre d'accueil La Glanée. In N. Nelles & E. Curien (Eds.), Guide d’architecture moderne et contemporaine 1868-2022 - Verviers, Spa, Ostbelgien (pp. 173). Cellule Architecture de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.

Schaff, G., Petermans, A., Vanrie, J., Courtejoie, F., & Elsen, C. (2022). Architecture of home in later life: towards a fivefold theoretical model. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 16 (2), 413-433. doi:10.1108/ARCH-04-2021-0115

Schaff, G. (22 February 2021). Habiter & vieillir en Wallonie : étapes de recherche doctorale [Poster presentation]. Journée de la Recherche, Liège, Belgium.

Schaff, G., Elsen, C., Petermans, A., Courtejoie, F., & Vanrie, J. (2021). Anticipating ageing: interviews on home experiences in Belgium [Paper presentation]. BSG 50th Annual Conference - Ageing Past, Present and Future: Innovation and Change, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Schaff, G. (17 December 2020). Recherche doctorale en Wallonie : vieillissement et architecture de l'habitat [Poster presentation]. Séminaire doctorale de l'EDT 62, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Hammouni, Z., Schaff, G., Petermans, A., & Poldma, T. (2020). An international parallel design studio about designing for well-being in cohousing for older people: Changing perceptions through social engagement in the city. In K. Christer, C. Craig, ... P. Chamberlain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design4Health (pp. 179-188).

Schaff, G. (2020). C’est comment un espace aménagé pour bien vieillir ? Wallonia e-health Living Lab.

Schaff, G., Petermans, A., Vanrie, J., Courtejoie, F., & Elsen, C. (2020). From the person to the environment: creating homes for ageing well [Paper presentation]. Housing and the City - 17th Annual International Conference of the Architectural Humanities Research Association, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Schaff, G., Courtejoie, F., Vanrie, J., Elsen, C., & Petermans, A. (2019). A multidisciplinary approach of ageing well in place: perspectives and experiences from six related key fields [Paper presentation]. ENHR 2019 - Housing for the next European social model, Athens, Greece.

Schaff, G., Courtejoie, F., Elsen, C., Vanrie, J., & Petermans, A. (03 May 2018). Habiter & vieillir : approches méthodologique et spatiale d'ajustement du domicile en lien avec le bien-être subjectif [Poster presentation]. Symposium HERA, Mons, Belgium.

Schaff, G., Elsen, C., Petermans, A., Vanrie, J., & Courtejoie, F. (2018). Ageing well in place: associating functional and affective dimensions of older people’s home. In Architectural Research for a Global Community - The Built Environment - Shaping the Quality of Life - Volume 2: ARCC – EAAE, Philadelphia 16-19 mai 2018 (pp. 305-312).

Schaff, G. (2017). Comment permettre à une personne lésée médullaire de retrouver un véritable "chez-soi" ? [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/216705

Schaff, G., Petermans, A., Roosen, M., & Courtejoie, F. (2017). Personnes lésées médullaires & "chez-soi" : comment favoriser le bien-être au sein de l’habitat ? Etude qualitative en Belgique [Paper presentation]. World Design Summit, Montréal, Canada.