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Adapting to the Challenges of an Ageing Population for Social Housing
The focus of government policy in the UK to date has been on a health care strategy for the elderly that projects more and more integrated social and health services provided in their own home rather than in institutions/hospitals.
2014
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A growing number of towns and cities have found a practical solution to homelessness through the construction of tiny-house villages
Second Wind Cottages, a tiny-house village for the chronically homeless in the town of Newfield, New York State and Quixote Village, a similar project in Olympia, Washington are examined in this article.
The projects are part of a national movement of tiny-house villages, in the US, an alternative approach to housing the homeless that's beginning to catch the interest of national advocates a
2014
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Asset poverty, precarious housing and ontological security in older age: an Australian case study
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Over two-thirds of Australians are owner-occupiers and a majority of the population holds most of their wealth in housing.
2014
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The Entitlement of Age
Australia’s retirement income system is becoming unsustainable. This is not because too much money is spent on the age pension. Australia spends an average of 3.5 per cent of its GDP on age-related spending against an OECD average of 7.8 per cent.
Per Capita’s detailed analysis shows that unsustainability and inequality are the two emergent trends in Australia’s retirement income system.
2014
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An Alternative Age-Friendly Handbook (for the socially engaged urban practitioner
This Alternative Age-friendly Handbook provides a playful and critical exploration of what creative urban practitioners can bring to emerging debates around the creation of Age-friendly Cities. What follows is a series of suggested modes and methods of Age-friendly practice. Small-scale actions and interventions we can start taking now to create Age-friendly spaces.
2014
Aging in place: From theory to practice
Aging-in-place has become a key and guiding strategy in addressing and meeting the needs of older people. This paper discusses the multifaceted aspects of aging-in-place and presents an ecological approach to understanding the interaction between the individual and her or his environment and its impact on aging-in-place.
2014
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Ageing at Home as Preference: A Case Study of Older Spanish Population
The aim of this paper is to explore the ideal preferences of Spanish population aged 65 and over about the preferred setting to live in later life, identifying the factors that condition the election of each one of the alternatives (the own home, co-residence in a relative’s home and institutions).
The results are analysed regarding to two hypothetical situations: what would be the preferred livi
2014
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Housing for Older Persons: Options Paper
The government has made significant changes to the way social housing is delivered across New Zealand following recommendations in 2010 by the Housing Shareholders Advisory Group.
2014
A Roof Over My Head: the final report of the Sustain project
There are now 3.8 million households living in the private rented sector (PRS), a number which has nearly doubled in the past ten years. The PRS is increasingly being used by local authorities and agencies to house homeless people but the ending of a private tenancy is now the leading cause of statutory homelessness.
2014
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Ageing in a Long-term Regeneration Neighbourhood: A Disruptive Experience or Successful Ageing in Place?
An important demographic development is the ageing of the world's population. On the level of cities and neighbourhoods, policymakers increasingly grapple with the question how to accommodate ageing in neighbourhood development and management.
2014
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."