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This is how boomers are reinventing retirement living
Today’s target market for senior housing in the US comprises a large and influential demographic. The number of households with people age 80 and over jumped 71% from 4.4 million in 1990 to 7.5 million in 2016.
2019
Dignity and choice An inclusive future for our ageing population
The ageing of our population presents a fundamental challenge for how cities are able to function. This report provides a series of policy proposals to achieve a more inclusive and liveable city.
2019
Housing for Life: Designed for Living
This Australian report seeks to share the learnings of the Innovation in Social Housing 90 day Project, undertaken in 2017, by the Office for Ageing.
2019
The nexus between housing (un)affordability and residential age segregation
Conventional wisdom perhaps suggests that residential age segregation is expected and unproblematic but, like other forms of segregation, the increasing differentiation of places by age can hinder essential opportunities for older and younger individuals to meet and interact, as well as associated policy implications for social cohesion and the organisation of society.
2019
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Approaches to Successful Aging in Community from 25 Countries
The desire to remain in our homes and communities as we age is felt around the world.
2019
'No one wants to be homeless': A glimpse at life on the streets of Tokyo
Being homeless carries a powerful stigma in Japan, where society traditionally places strong importance on self-reliance.
The method by which the ministry collects data — local officials patrolling areas during the afternoon and making informal observations — has been criticized as inaccurate.
2019
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Ageing in a Gentrifying Neighbourhood: Experiences of Community Change in Later Life
Debates about gentrification continue to occupy a significant part of research investigating social change within urban communities.
2019
Age-Forward Cities for 2030
A massive shift is taking place in the makeup of the world population, and societies are already struggling to cope. By 2030, more people worldwide will be over the age of 60 than under 10. Cities are ground zero for the demographic shift—eight in 10 US residents 65 and older already live in metropolitan areas.
2019
A precarious place: older women, housing insecurity & homelessness
For many women, home is a provisional place. This has long been true. Violence, dispossession and poverty are not new.
What is recent is the increase in the number of women over the age of 55 experiencing housing stress, insecurity and homelessness.
2019
Older renters doing it tough – what’s the answer?
Australia has the highest rate of seniors rental poverty in the OECD. 15% of older Australians don’t own or are paying off their own home. Rental costs have increased significantly over the past 10 years. While rents increased 29 per cent over that period, the Commonwealth Rental Allowance increased by only 23 per cent.
2019
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."