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Building Mutual Support & Social Capital in Retirement Communities
This edition of Viewpoint explores what it might mean to build ‘social capital’ in specialist housing for older people and the opportunities and obstacles to doing so. It presents and reflects on good practice examples which are seeking to do this through volunteering, peer support, social enterprise and co-production.
2012
Women’s ‘Journeys’ to Homelessness: Key Findings from a Biographical Study of Homeless Women in Ireland
This Research Paper presents selected findings from a primarily qualitative study of homeless women in Ireland. The study set out to conduct a detailed examination of the lives and experiences of homeless women with specific attention to their homeless ‘pathways’, that is, their entry routes to homelessness, the homeless experience itself and, possibly, their exit routes from homelessness.
2012
Understanding single older women's invisibility in housing issues in Australia
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This paper examines the available literature on single older non-home owning women in Australia and their housing issues. Preliminary information suggests that this subset of the population is increasingly at risk of becoming homeless or inadequately housed in later life. In fact, there is a historical dearth of research on women’s housing in general.
2012
Supported housing for older people in the UK: An evidence review
This UK-wide review examines the quality of life that sheltered and retirement housing offers older tenants and owner-occupiers, especially those with high support needs.
2012
Preparing the Future: Affordable Housing and the Challenge of an Ageing Population in Europe - Success Stories
The European Year (2012) is raising public awareness about the contribution older people make to society. The aim of this initiative is to encourage political decision-makers and stakeholders at all levels to work for better framework conditions for active ageing and to reinforce intergenerational solidarity. The real challenge is to involve the growing number of older people in these objectives.
2012
Housing-related Well-being in Older People: The Impact of Environmental and Financial Influences
This paper uses a new database from Spain to empirically examine the influence of environmental determinants of housing-related wellbeing (housing satisfaction) among older people, alongside investment explanations, namely homeownership and housing wealth.
2012
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Choosing Among Residential Options: Results of a Vignette Experiment
Among decisions that older people have to make, those involving potential residential relocation are among the most important and difficult. Because of both attraction to their current residence and negative aspects of moving, older people usually have a strong preference to remain in place.
2012
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Affordability of Retirement Housing in the UK
This UK-wide study examines how the affordability of retirement housing affects the housing options available to older people. It considers three research questions:
- whether retirement housing is likely to be viable financially for the majority of older people (i.e.
2012
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Market Assessment of Housing Options for Older People
This UK study addresses three broad groups of questions:
- Choice, availability and affordability: If an older person or couple is thinking about moving, do they have a wide enough choice of suitable housing? Are developers and providers offering what older people want (and if not, why not)?
2012
Cities face challenge of an age-old problem
Urbanisation and aging: the trend in western societies is irreversible. If they are not to spawn ghettos and places of exclusion, cities – and urban planning generally – need to be revisited.
A paradigm shift is more necessary than ever. We need to build cities geared to aging – cities where the built environment encourages active aging.
2012
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."