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Lifetime Neighbourhoods
It is increasingly recognised that it is not just our homes, but also the neighbourhoods where we live that have a significant role in keeping us well and independent as we grow older.
Mark Bevan, Karen Croucher
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, Policy

Aging, Living Arrangements, and Housing in China
Grounded in a literature review, current living arrangements and housing conditions of the elderly in China are investigated with new empirical evidence. Survey data of September 2009 included a total of 692 Chinese households with a focus on elderly members.
Bin Li, Sheying Chen
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Housing in General

Living Arrangements of the Elderly in China: Evidence from CHARLS
Population is rapidly aging in China. The number of people 60+ is expected to reach 30% of the population in 2050. Unlike developed countries where almost all elderly have access to social security, family has been the main source of support for Chinese elderly, especially in rural areas where the majority of Chinese elderly reside.
Xiaoyan Lei, John Strauss, Meng Tian, Yaohui Zhao
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Co-housing, Community, Policy

Lifetime Neighbourhoods
As we grow older we are more likely to spend more time at home, and where we live is an important determinant of our well-being.
Mark Bevan, Karen Croucher
2011
Themes:
Future housing solutions, Policy, Ageing Population, Health, Lifetime Neighbourhoods

Sizing Up the Challenge Ahead: Future Demographic Trends and Long-term Care Costs
This chapter is from the 2011 OECD publication, Help Wanted?
OECD
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Aged Care, Ageing-in-Place, Policy

The Wicking Project outcomes: Supporting older people living with alcohol related brain injury
The Wicking project developed and evaluated a specialized model of residential care to support a group of older people living with alcohol-related brain injury (ARBI) and challenging behavior. The aim of the project was to determine the effectiveness of this model at improving participant life quality and well-being.
Alice Rota-Bartelink
2010
Themes:
Disabilities, Health, Aged Care

It could be you: Female, Single, Older and Homeless
This report documents a collaborative project which sought to interrogate the experience of older women and the re ection of that experience in policy. The project sought an inclusive homelessness defnition, and to build a more robust knowledge base through which to inform policy and service delivery to this group.
Ludo McFerran, Sonia Laverty
2010
Themes:
Gender, Older Women

The New Homelessness Revisited
The ‘new homelessness’ has drawn sustained attention from scholars over the past three decades. Definitional inconsistencies and data limitations rendered early work during this period largely speculative in nature. Thanks to conceptual, theoretical, and methodological progress, however, the research literature now provides a fuller understanding of homelessness.
Barrett Lee, Kimberly Tyler, James Wright
2010
Themes:
Gender, Older Men, Pathways into homelessness, Policy, Poverty & homelessness, Health, Stereotypes of Homelessness

Routes out of Poverty and Isolation for Older Homeless People: Possible Models from Poland and the UK
Policies in many EU countries have sought to address the link between worklessness, reliance on state benefits and the attendant poverty that they inevitably bring. However, the focus has tended to be on the acquisition of skills and education amongst younger people.
Catherine Boswell
2010
Themes:
Rough Sleeping, Crisis Housing, Homelessness Prevention Services, Substance Abuse, Employment

A Better Place: Victorian Homelessness 2020 Strategy
Homelessness is caused by a wide range of social and economic issues such as: poverty, unemployment, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health issues, poor education, and a lack of connection to family, friends and the broader community. To prevent and reduce homelessness those broader social and economic issues must be addressed.
Victorian Government
2010
Themes:
Ageing Population, Older Women, Older Men, Policy

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