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Pathways to Homelessness among Older Homeless Adults: Results from the HOPE HOME Study
Little is known about pathways to homelessness among older adults. We identified life course experiences associated with earlier versus later onset of homelessness in older homeless adults and examined current health and functional status by age at first homelessness. We interviewed 350 homeless adults, aged 50 and older, recruited via population-based sampling.
Rebecca Brown, Leah Goodman, David Guzman, Lina Tieu, Claudia Ponath, Margot Kushel
2016
Themes:
Pathways into homelessness

A community hub approach to older people’s housing
This paper explores the potential of housing with care schemes to act as community hubs. The analysis highlights a range of benefits, barriers and facilitators.
Simon Evans, Teresa Atkinson, Robin Darton, Ailsa Cameron, Ann Netten, Randall Smith, Jeremy Porteus
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Aged Care, Health, Retirement Housing

Transnational caregiving for my father: An opportunity and a blessing
Mahjabeen Ahmad
2016
Themes:
CALD Communites, Aged Care

New housing alternatives a hallmark of the ‘new ageing’ Australia
Australian figures reveal that currently less than 6 per cent of people over 65 are taking up the retirement/ seniors living village option and a straw poll at every occasion I have asked, indicates that no one wants to move into a nursing home.
Guy Luscombe
2016
Themes:
Co-housing, Ageing Population, Future housing solutions

Aged care solutions: multi-generational living
Australia's population is growing rapidly, and the fastest growing age bracket is 65 years and over. This raises the question of how (and where) will Australia's increasing numbers of elderly live? Will we see more instances of multiple generations living in the one home? This article looks at the move towards multigenerational living.
Choice
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Co-housing, Aged Care

What would it take to make an age-friendly city?
The challenges of caring for older people are growing as we live longer. By 2050 an estimated 83.7 million people in the US will be over 65.
Matthew Wheeland
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities

The Meaning of Home for Aging Women Living Alone in North Eastern Ontario

The experience and meaning of home for older, community dwelling women, was investigated. In the world of gerontology there is a paucity of knowledge about those in their eighth and ninth decade, and this becomes more pronounced among older women.
Arro Barry
2016
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Older Women, Health, Concept of 'Home', Policy

The grey ghettos: seniors on the fringes doing it tough
A landmark analysis of census data shows that a “wellbeing divide” is emerging among older Australians, with housing the key issue. The Index of Wellbeing for Older Australians identified the areas where seniors with the lowest level of wellbeing lived, and the factors that contributed most to their low wellbeing.
Darragh O'Keefe
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Affordable Housing, Housing insecurity

Agile housing for an Ageing Australia
By 2055, Australia’s 65+ population will have doubled and, if current strategies are followed, it is likely that the housing available will be inappropriate. Today’s housing stock will still be in use yet few developers and designers are capitalising on the potential of agile housing and, more broadly, the creation of age-friendly neighbourhoods.
Clare Newton, Ajibade Aibinu, Sarah Backhouse, Robert Crawford, Tom Kvan, Elizabeth Ozanne, Alan Pert, Carolyn Whitzman
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities, Ageing-in-Place, Urban Planning, Aged Care

Considering Housing Models for London’s Aging Population
In Canada, the population is aging. Currently, the cohort aged 65+is greater than those who are aged 0 to 14.
Housing Working Group, Age Friendly London Network"
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Age-Friendly Cities, Policy

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