My House or My Home? The challenges of ageing and housing

Discussion points from the Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King's College, London) 2014 Annual Conference. Topics included the increasing interest in the role of housing and environment on health and wellbeing in later life; the problems people face when planning for old age; current research on the housing and support needs of older homeless people; what Extra Care housing offered older people; the concept of cohousing: which essentially aims to combine personal autonomy with community in old age.