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Older Homeless Women in Australia
Australia is often cited as an economic success story. Unfortunately, not everyone has reaped these economic benefits and concern has been mounting for some time about a deteriorating wealth divide within Australian society. Central to these concerns is the lack of affordable housing.
2014
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Sustainability in aged care
Thinking about sustainability across whole systems rather than in individual areas can create multiple benefits with limited resources.
2014
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My House or My Home? The challenges of ageing and housing
Discussion points from the Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King's College, London) 2014 Annual Conference.
2014
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Apartments for Life: A Dutch Senior Housing Innovation
In the Netherlands, Apartments for Life are available to individuals over the age of 55, and residents typically enter these apartments while still independent. What makes these residences unique is that when individuals require assisted living or nursing care, such care is brought to them.
2014
Opportunities and Challenges of Innovative Housing and/or Support Service Models in fostering Aging in Place for Older Adults: A Critical Review
This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000 to 2013) focused on three types of innovative housing and/or service models and aging in place to address housing needs for older adults.
By comparative analysis of their differences and similarities, opportunities and challenges are identified for Villages, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) and Cohous
2014
Leeds Older People’s Forum: Housing for Older People in Leeds
This is an introductory report summarising the key factors that need to be included in a housing policy for older people in Leeds. It is based on surveys and consultations that have taken place in Leeds plus the findings of similar work carried out in other areas of England.
2014
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Meeting the Housing Needs of Vulnerable Homeless People in Northern Ireland
This policy review focuses on the use of the private rented sector in Northern Ireland to house vulnerable (chronically) homeless people. As the supply of social housing comes under intense pressure in Northern Ireland, the possibilities for using the private rented sector as an alternative source of accommodation for homeless people are now being explored.
2013
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Homelessness, Ageing and Dying
There is a lack of definitive information about the exact number of people who are homeless and the nature of the homelessness at any one point in Ireland.
2013
Exploring People’s Preferences for Co-housing after Retirement using Choice Based Conjoint Analysis in Korea
In Korea, starting mid-1990s, issues concerning aging society grew. Since 2000 housing researchers in Korea have recognized these social issues as needs for new form of living. In this context, Co-housing has been received special attentions as an alternative living space for aged people in Korean society.
2013
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Exploring the possibility of change: the potential for an older people’s development in Newcastle upon Tyne
Cohousing and other kinds of community led approaches have been mentioned frequently in discussion about housing over the last decade.
Research into European examples of housing and support explored various innovative options that went beyond the housing and support models most of us are familiar with or added something different.
2013
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."