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Valuing Retirement Housing Exploring the economic effects of specialist housing for older people
The consequence of poor housing can be catastrophic. Older people in particular can see their quality of life diminish through frustration and misery at a lack of independence; and a hastened path to illness, hospitalisation and ultimately an earlier death.
This UK report reveals that the impacts of inappropriate housing for older people.
2016
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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.
2016
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.
2016
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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.
2016
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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.
2016
An Important Trial for Senior Housing in Hong Kong
For such a sophisticated and well developed real estate market, Hong Kong lacks one particular type of asset that most other mature urban areas have at ready supply: dedicated senior housing.
2016
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Chapter 9: Housing and economic security in retirement
This chapter of the report 'A husband is not a retirement plan' - Achieving economic security for women in retirement (Commonwealth of Australia, 2016), discusses the increase in the number of Australians, particularly women, who are relying on private rental accommodation in retirement.
A number of participants in the inquiry highlighted the interrelationship between housing and econom
2016
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Senior Cohousing in Cost-Cutting Research
This paper concerns the issue of senior cohousing, with particular emphasis on the residents' gender. It looks at the 'feminisation of ageing' where in Poland, 80% of people 65+ living alone are women.
2016
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Nowhere To Go - Older Women and Housing Vulnerability
In 2011, according to ABS Census data, there were 135,494 women aged 55 and older in the private rental market, up from 91,549 who were counted in the 2006 Census. These figures are likely to underestimate the real number of older women who are renters, especially those with an informal or sublet rental agreement.
2016
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."