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The Aging Homeless Population: Our Elders Are Our Responsibility
The percentage of older homeless adults in the US is growing at an alarming rate.
Jessica Dancisak
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Poverty & homelessness, Health, Affordable Housing

Housing and Ageing – in the Scottish Parliament on 29th January 2019.
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-15454, in the name of Graham Simpson, on “Housing through the lens of ageing", which builds on previous research and has the aim of constructively progressing the thinking, debate and practice of the role of housing in the quality of life of older people by analysing housing research data gathered via a national hous
Scottish Parliamentarians
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Aged Care, Health, Policy

Housing and Care for Older Women Policy Brief
This brief looks at older women’s housing, their changing needs, and the intersections between housing and aged care in Australia.
Julie Byles
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Future housing solutions, Aged Care, Age Specific Housing

Older Women’s Risk of Homelessness: Background Paper
The number of older homeless women in Australia increased by over 30% between 2011 and 2016 to nearly 7,000. We have an ageing population, a high cost of housing, and a significant gap in wealth accumulation between men and women across their lifetimes. Without innovative solutions this problem will continue to increase.
Kay Patterson, Kathryn Proft, Joanna Maxwell
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Affordable Housing, Pathways into homelessness, Policy

Planning Age-Friendly Cities across the Globe
Many communities do not support the changing needs of residents across longer lifespans. Community planners around the world must shift their approach to address the changing demographics in their community. This paper discusses ways to enlighten current community planning departments.
Stephanie Firestone, Mildred Warner, Zue Zhang
2019
Themes:
Age-Friendly Cities

Homeless for the First Time in Later Life: Uncovering More Than One Pathway
Increasingly, researchers have recognized the heterogeneity with the growing population of older homeless adults in Canada. However, scant research has considered the complex pathways into first-time homelessness from the perspective of older adults themselves.
Victoria Burns, Tamara Sussman
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Pathways into homelessness, Homelessness Prevention Services

CCRC Lasell Village Helps Propel Age-Friendly University Movement
Lasell Village is a Boston-area continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that is on the leading edge of several senior housing trends, notably intergenerational living and university partnerships.
Tim Mullaney
2019
Themes:
The Village Model, Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Health, Community

The devastating biological consequences of homelessness
Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people — and governments. Researchers at UCSF are trying to understand the biological effects of homelessness in older people.
Amy Maxmen
2019
Themes:
Health, Rough Sleeping, Dementia

11 types of senior living options
As baby boomers have reached retirement age, they’ve recognized the need for more retirement living options than their parents had. This US article examines 11 different options for senior living.
Jami Barnett
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Retirement Housing, Aged Care

Public housing apartments for older South Australians
New apartments that will allow older residents to age in place in their own home are under construction in a $19 million project that is the first of its kind for public housing in South Australia. Under the project, 59 apartments will be constructed in three apartment buildings located in South Plympton, Prospect and Blair Athol.
SA Housing Authority
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Public Housing, Policy

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