Aged Care
An Overlooked Option in Caring for the Elderly: A report on sheltered and group housing provided by housing associations in Ireland
It is generally recognised that housing and care options for the elderly in Ireland are limited. This study comprises analysis of both group housing schemes for relatively active elderly as well as sheltered housing for those older people who require more intensive care and supports to assist them to live independently.
2005
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Older People and Aged Care in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
This Discussion Paper will increase the understanding of issues facing care services for older people in rural, regional and remote Australia and propose some options for ensuring that services are available locally and have a viable future.
The authors believe that new models of services and support for
rural and remote areas must be developed and supported.
2004
Elderly Housing
This paper will begin with a brief account of the development of public housing for the elderly and this will serve as a background for the discussion of existing policies. This will be followed by a discussion on policies that have been formulated since the 1970s to house the elderly, particularly policy papers and Working Party reports published in the last twenty years.
2004
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NGOs Functioning as Social Service Providers: The Elderly Problem in Cuba
Population studies predict that the percentage of Cuba’s population over the age of 60 will rise to 25% of the population by the year 2025, and ominously, to 33.6% of the population by the year 2050, at which time Cuba will be perhaps the ‘oldest’ nation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2004
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Ageing-in-place? Intergenerational and intra-familial housing transfers and shifts in later life
Ageing populations create demands for higher expenditure on pensions and other government provided welfare and social benefits, leading to higher taxes falling on fewer workers.
2004
Research Update: Older People
An update on UK research being undertaken in a variety of areas relevant to homelessness and older adults.
Resettling Older Homeless People,
Older People in the Private Rented Sector,
Care-Home Residents’ Experiences of Relocation,
Older People’s Participation in Mental Health Research
2003
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The Housing Problems of the Future Elderly Population
The focus of this report is on how the current unmet shelter and care needs of older Americans will change over the next twenty years – in 2020. It has four goals:
1. To investigate the growth in the current number of older households that will be at risk of occupying unaffordable housing in poor physical condition;
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2002
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Aging Population and Planning for the Elderly
This paper aims to provide a brief account of the key issues of population aging in Hong Kong, and relevant experience of other
Asian cities and their implications for strategic planning in Hong Kong will also be examined.
To plan for services for the elderly, the Report of the Working Group on Care for the Elderly (1994) has laid down the following guiding principles :
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2002
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Nursing homes in 10 nations: a comparison between countries and settings
The objective of this paper is to describe and compare the long-term care systems in 10 countries participating in studies employing the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) and to place them in the context of the changing population dynamics in each country.
1997
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Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia’s Population
The conference explored a broad range of key issues to do with ageing, including its effects on economic growth, government revenue and expenditure in the long run, superannuation, health, the provision of long term care and housing arrangements.
This publication brings together the papers, discussants’ comments and summaries of general discussion in each session.
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