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Housing an Ageing Population: The Extra Care Solution
The aim of this UK report is to contribute to the debate on the future of extra care housing and add to the recent publications by HAPPI (2010) and the National Housing Federation (2011).
There is already a wealth of material on existing types of extra care provision. The external environment is, however, changing.
2011
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Open For Inspection? Private rental stress in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne
This research study was designed to explore the issues that relate to private rental and people on a low income using three sources for data collection:
• A review of the literature and policy environment surrounding private rental in Australia and Victoria
• A collection of quantitative data from service providers and government agencies.
• Interviews to explore the experiences of individuals, se
2011
Social participation of community living older persons: importance, determinants and opportunities
The purpose of the paper is to identify factors that hinder or support the social participation of older persons living in the community. The importance of older people’s engagement in physical, social and productive activities was studied. Opportunities for older people to socialize in the housing environment were explored. These tasks were carried out through literature review.
2011
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Ageing in Place Down Under
This paper explores the concept of Ageing in Place and how it is currently understood in Australia.
2011
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Older People's Housing Strategy
In the UK, an ageing society is one of the greatest challenges for
housing, and national government has identified this as an area
where significant changes need to be made, not only in the
actual buildings but in challenging society’s perceptions of what
housing for older people should mean.
2011
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A predictable crisis: Older, single women as the new face of homelessness
The dissolution of partnerships and re-partnering involve serious risks for women and their children, according to this paper.
2010
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Housing needs of asset-poor older Australians: other countries’ policy initiatives and their implications for Australia
This project aims to explore how the asset-poor status of older Australians helps to determine their demand for housing assistance, the coping strategies used by the asset-poor as they strive to secure satisfactory housing outcomes and the importance of these outcomes to ontological security.
2010
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Impacts of the Aging Canadian Population on Housing and Communities
This presentation seeks to Identify the changes in the pattern of housing needs and preferences for requirements for Canada's rapidly ageing population. It will review the main environmental adaptations or modifications to maximize people’s ability to participate in society.
2010
Residential care for the Elderly on the North Atlantic Fringe: Cape Breton Island, the Faeroe Islands and Northern Norway.
The purpose of this study was to examine if there were any lessons to be learned in the field of elderly residential care provision in remote, rural and island locations in the Faeroe Islands, Cape Breton and Northern Norway.
These locations provided examples of innovative and needs-led elderly care service delivery. They had universal, state funded and managed elderly care residential sectors.
2010
Asset poverty and older Australians’ transitions onto housing assistance programs
This project aims to explore how the asset-poor status of older Australians helps to determine their demand for housing assistance, the coping strategies used by the asset-poor as they strive to secure satisfactory housing outcomes and the importance of these outcomes to ontological security.
2010
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."