Aged Care

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.
2013

Building a Smart, Age-Friendly Community

This paper examines China’s efforts to meet the challenges posed by its rapidly growing elderly population with an emerging care model: community, home-based elder care, integrated with smart, digital technologies. When fully developed, this model of care has the potential to keep China’s older adults more fully engaged in society, while simultaneously reducing national spending.
2013

Homes and Ageing in England

There is a strong case to be made for prevention through core housing improvements. This UK briefing note adds to our wider understanding of the close relationship between poor housing for older people and demands on National Health System (NHS) care.
2013

What's in a name? Similarities and differences in international terms and meanings for older peoples' housing with services

Discussion of housing for older people that is combined with provision of various support and care services is confounded by the lack of consistent terminology. The diversity of terms and meanings relating to housing with services for older people confounds systematic analysis, especially in international comparative research.
2013

80+ living in Scandinavia

Average life expectancy in Scandinavia is increasing, anticipating that the number of people aged over 80 will double in the next decades in Scandinavia. Care for the elderly is therefore being reappraised and developed.
2013

Nursing for the older people in Japan

The Japanese government is switching its focus in care for the aged from facilities to local communities.
2013

Looking After China’s Elderly

As China’s rapid economic development continues, demographics shift, and social needs change, the country will face new challenges, not least of which is looking after its growing elderly population. While a variety of care facilities have cropped up to care for China’s seniors, few have been widely successful in capturing the market.
2013

Aging and Housing Instability: Homelessness Among Older and Elderly Adults

This article provides a synthesis of recent literature on homelessness among older (age 50-64) and elderly (age 65 and older) adults in the United States. Much of the recent literature and policy focus has been placed on the plight of unstably housed youth and families.
2013

Age friendly societies in our time? A literature review

This project sought to gain an understanding of the state and breadth of knowledge about the social isolation of older people in urban areas, with particular attention paid to housing form, and formal and informal care. The coverage is of international material in English; with items emanating from or relating to Canada generally, being of particular interest.
2013
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