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Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Category of Long-Term Care Options for the Elderly Poor

The focus of this paper is on a category of affordable housing arrangements that has emerged to help low-income older persons cope with their long-term care needs in their communities. These purposely planned or adapted housing options make it possible for their occupants to benefit from both affordable shelter (i.e., room and board) and long-term care.
2008

“Ageing in Place the Way Forward” - Country Summary Reports

The International Federation on Ageing 2008 Montreal meeting selected the theme of Ageing-in-Place.
2008

Ageing in Place in the United Kingdom

Ageing in Place is a key component of UK policy on older people and housing.
2008

Intergenerational Coresidence of Older Adults in Japan: Conditions for Cultural Plasticity

This study investigated individual-level conditions and prefecture-level contextual factors that enable and/or restrict intergenerational coresidence arrangements between older parents and adult children. Whereas the traditional pattern of coresidence was primarily a value-driven arrangement, nontraditional coresidence was both a value-driven and a need-driven arrangement for older parents with l
2007

Polarity or Integration? Towards a Fuller Understanding of Home and Homelessness

INTRODUCTION There has been an increasing focus on the importance of the personal, social, and cultural variation and diversity in homelessness debates. Researchers are demonstrating a growing awareness of the complexity of homelessness through an emphasis on sub-groups and contexts.
2007

Global Age-friendly Cities: A Guide

Population ageing and urbanization are two global trends that comprise major forces shaping the 21st century. At the same time as cities are growing, their share of residents aged 60+ is increasing. Informed by WHO’s approach to active ageing, the purpose of this Guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly.
2007

The World Health Organization Age-Friendly Cities Project in Portland, Oregon, USA

In 2006, researchers at the Institute on Aging in the School of Community Health at Portland State University were invited to collaborate with the World Health Organization on its “Age-Friendly Cities Project.” This project was designed to identify indicators of an age-friendly city based on the views of older adults, informal caregivers, and service providers.
2007

A Comparative Study of Homelessness in the United Kingdom and Japan

This article describes homelessness in Japan, based on a survey of rough sleepers conducted in Nagoya with some additional demographic data collected in Osaka, and compares it to the situation in the United Kingdom, as documented in a survey of rough sleepers throughout England.
2007

Housing and Social Policy in Malaysia: Provision for the Elderly

Malaysia was categorized as an ageing nation when the elderly population reached 7.2% (1.8 million) by 2005. In a society where aging is progressing, and where even among elderly people there is an increasingly larger class of older senior citizens, the increasing number of elderly people requiring appropriate housing and personal care will be an even greater issue of importance.
2007

CoHousing for Stages of an Aging Britain

The use of diverse types of common interest/intentional communities has burgeoned over the past quarter century. This paper will examine aspects of the particular legal environment for a nascent but growing CoHousing movement within the UK.
2007

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