Trends in Housing for Older People - Conference Report

Members of the HOPE network assembled in Copenhagen on May 8th 2008 for a conference hosted by KAB. The aim of the conference was to examine trends in housing for older people by focusing on two main themes: • Housing requirements of older people in the next fi ve to ten years • What can housing companies do to help older people remain in their own homes for as long as possible? The conference was arranged in order to identify the challenges that housing organisations, including social housing companies, face in relation to the growing numbers of older people. Experience and trends in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark were presented and discussed by the representatives from the five countries.