Search the Library
Housing America's Older Adults - 2018: A Supplement to the State of the Nation Report
More than half of US households are now headed by someone at least 50 years of age. These 65 million older households are highly diverse in their living situations, financial resources, health and functional abilities, and life stages, and thus require different types of housing to meet their needs and preferences.
2018
When falling home ownership and ageing baby boomers collide
Until now, the majority of older people in Australia have achieved the goal of owning their own home outright. Hence, policymakers have typically shown little concern about the size and budget costs of rental housing assistance programs for seniors.
2018
Themes:
Promoting Healthy Aging in Supportive Housing: A Review of the MRT Senior Supportive Housing Pilot
In 2014, New York State released several grants for pilot projects to test innovative supportive housing models of care. One project, the Senior Supportive Housing Services Pilot Program, provided funding for unit modifications and supportive services to seniors experiencing homelessness, living in an institutional setting, or precariously housed.
2018
Themes:
Social housing as infrastructure: an investment pathway
This research modelled five alternative pathways to funding social housing and found the ‘capital grant’ model, supplemented by efficient financing, provides the most cost effective model for Australia. The research also established the current and future unmet need for social housing in different parts of Australia.
2018
Themes:
Shared Housing Arrangements in Germany—An Equitable Alternative to Long Term Care Services beyond Homes and Institutions?
Germany has experienced a growing interest and investment in innovative models of aged care that can provide more choice and flexibility to beneficiaries, while reducing the need for costly institutionalization.
One model that has gained special attention is shared housing arrangements, in which a limited number of six to eight people in need of care rent private rooms in ordinary apartment build
2018
Themes:
Vertical retirement villages are on the rise, and they’re high-tech too
For good quality of life as one ages, there must be optimal retirement options. The default is to stay in one’s current home for as long as possible, or downsize. Some will settle into the quiet life of a retirement village on the urban fringes.
2018
Living Alone in Later Life: A Global Perspective
The prevalence of living alone during later life varies widely throughout the world. This living arrangement, more widespread among women than men aged over 65, is one of the most visible characteristics of societal aging currently underway.
2018
Themes:
A community fix for the affordable housing crisis
Australia has a pressing need for more social and affordable housing. More than half of all low-income tenants in the private market spend at least 30% of their disposable income on rent (and often much more than that).
The best way to reduce rental stress is to build up the community housing sector, even though it currently provides less than 1% of all Australian dwellings.
2018
Themes:
Physical, Psychological, Social, and Existential Symptoms in Older Homeless-Experienced Adults: An Observational Study of the Hope Home Cohort
Approximately half of the homeless population is aged 50 or older. Homeless adults in their 50s and 60s have a similar prevalence of geriatric conditions, including functional and cognitive impairment, as adults in their 70s and 80s in the general population. The majority of homeless adults over 50 have two or more chronic health conditions.
2018
Themes:
Majority of female homeowners fearful they couldn't handle small interest rate rise, survey finds
More than two-thirds of female homeowners with a mortgage feel they would be in hot water if their repayments increased by just $100 a month, new data shows.
Of all homeowners, it was women who felt most vulnerable to the possibility of an interest rate rise, with 67 per cent admitting they didn’t think they could afford a hike of more than $23 a week.
2018
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."