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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.
Esther Iecovich
2014
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Policy

Adapting to the Challenges of an Ageing Population for Social Housing
One in six people in the UK are now over 65. More people are living beyond 80. The elderly living in couples or alone now make up 25% of all households.
Colin Jones
2014
Themes:
Ageing Population, Social Housing, Policy

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.
Joan Rapaport
2014
Themes:
Ageing Population, Co-housing, Health, Policy

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.
Mary Smith, Francesca Albanese, Jenna Truder
2014
Themes:
Policy, Private Rental, Housing insecurity, Rental Stress

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.
Eileen Webb
2014
Themes:
Older Women, Affordable Housing

Still Kicking: Longevity and Ageing. The demographic climate change of our time.
1.8 million people aged over 85 in 2050. One in four people aged over 65 by 2056. Life expectancy at birth rising by 25 years in the last century. One million people with dementia by 2050. 85,000 more aged care places required in the next decade. Get the picture? None of this is news. We have known about the trends in ageing and longevity for a while now.
Emily Millane
2014
Themes:
Ageing Population

Models of special accommodation for older people across Europe
The purpose of the Report is the provision of an Information Record of models of specialist accommodation and care for older people, and related standards, in use across the countries of the European Union, the acceding and candidate countries, and the EFTA countries: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein (in total 38 countries).
Carol Thomas
2013
Themes:
Aged Care, Policy, Age Specific Housing

House Sharing for Boomer Women Who Would Rather Not Live Alone
In the US increasingly, female boomers and older women — both bosom buddies and strangers — are moving in together as a way to save money and form a community. Conditions are ripe to make home sharing an option for many women. Four million women age 50-plus live in U.S. households.
Sally Abrahms
2013
Themes:
Co-housing, Older Women, Future housing solutions

Living longer on less: Women speak on superannuation and retirement
The gender difference in superannuation balances is well documented, with women retiring on an average superannuation balance of $112,000, compared to $198,000 for men (Keene, 2013).
Debra Parkinson, Cathy Weiss, Claire Zara, Alyssa Duncan, Kei Judd
2013
Themes:
Gender

The Long Term Care Revolution: A study of innovative models to support older people with disabilities in the Netherlands
This paper provides relevant information about the Netherlands on how support is provided to older adults in need of long term care in their own homes or alternative homes.
Housing LIN
2013
Themes:
Aged Care, Disabilities, Policy, Ageing-in-Place, Ageing Population

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