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‘I really have thought this can’t go on’: loneliness looms for rising numbers of older private renters
Loneliness is increasingly recognised worldwide as a critical social issue and one of the major health hazards of our time. Our research shows older private renters are at high risk of loneliness and anxiety. This is a growing concern as more Australians are renting housing later in life.
2019
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What Are the Structural Barriers to Planning for Later Life? A Scoping Review of the Literature
This review draws on Street and Desai (2011) to characterise planning as the range of activities people deliberately pursue with the aim of achieving desired outcomes in later life.
2019
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Growing and ageing population ‘highlights urgent need for housing investment’
New statistics showing Scotland’s population is to continue to increase and age is further evidence of the desperate need for more financial support for the housing sector.
Research shows that thousands of older people are stuck in unsuitable homes and are unable to downsize or adapt them to fit their needs.
2019
Environmental Co-housing: A Way to Shovel Ageing, Environmental and Socioeconomic Issues
Lifestyle, technological and scientific advances have evolved providing a greater life expectancy. According to the World Health Organization, the number of people aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524 million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050, with most of the increase in developing countries.
2019
Elderly homeless in paradise, 52 per cent rise in older women accessing crisis services
The Gold Coast's St Vincent de Paul's Cornerstone Homelessness Prevention Service reported 27 per cent of referrals in June were people over 55, many were women over 60.
The service is in the process of finalising plans for six units of accommodation in Arundel which will be specifically for this growing age group.
2019
Improving the outcomes for older women at risk of homelessness
Older single women are the fastest growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Australia. Why is this?
2019
Lack of homes suitable for older people fuels housing crisis
England’s small towns are set to swell with increasing numbers of elderly people as they reject city living amid a hidden housing crisis caused by a lack of appropriate homes for a rapidly ageing population.
After years of housing policy focused on first-time buyers, the RIBA is now calling on ministers to make it mandatory for all new homes to be accessible for older and disabled people, for cou
2019
The Aging Homeless Population: Our Elders Are Our Responsibility
The percentage of older homeless adults in the US is growing at an alarming rate.
2019
Housing and Ageing – in the Scottish Parliament on 29th January 2019.
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-15454, in the name of Graham Simpson, on “Housing through the lens of ageing", which builds on previous research and has the aim of constructively progressing the thinking, debate and practice of the role of housing in the quality of life of older people by analysing housing research data gathered via a national hous
2019
Why Do(n’t) People Move When They Get Older? Estimating the Willingness to Relocate in Diverse Ageing Cities
Two of the dominant processes shaping today’s European cities are the ageing and diversification of the population. Given that the range of action usually decreases in later life, the living environment around the place of residence plays an important role in the social integration of the older generation.
2019
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."