Ageing-in-Place
The Meaning of 'Ageing in Place' to Older People
This study illuminates the concept of “aging in place” in terms of functional, symbolic, and emotional attachments and meanings of homes, neighbourhoods, and communities. It investigates how older people understand the meaning of “aging in place,” a term widely used in aging policy and research but underexplored with older people themselves.
2012
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Housing Preferences of an Ageing Population: Investigation in the Diversity Among Dutch Older Adults
Mobility on the housing market strongly declines with age. In contrast to younger age groups, older adults show a tendency to ‘stay put’. There is little evidence whether this immobility of older adults is due to choice or to constraint.
2012
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Social inclusion through ageing-in-place with care?
The onset of ill-health and frailty in later life, within the context of the policy of ageing-in-place, is increasingly being responded to through the provision of home care.
In the philosophy of ageing-in-place, the home provides for continuity of living environment, maintenance of independence in the community and social inclusion.
2012
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Ageing in Place in the European Union
Ageing in Place in the EU context tends to focus on the provision of support and services to older persons to enable them to remain in their own homes for as long as they can, and in environments that are enabling.
2011
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It Takes a Village: Community Practice, Social Work, and Aging-in-Place
The US population of older adults will increase significantly in the coming decades. Most of these individuals prefer to age in their homes and communities. However, most communities are not prepared to handle the long-term care needs of an aging population.
This article examines one model that communities are using to help older adults age-in-place, the Village.
2011
Evaluating Extra Care Housing for Older People in England: A Comparative Cost and Outcome Analysis with Residential Care
The appropriate response to the housing and care needs of an ageing population is much debated in the policy and practice literature in England, alongside considerations of how to ensure affordable and sustainable funding.
2011
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Sizing Up the Challenge Ahead: Future Demographic Trends and Long-term Care Costs
This chapter is from the 2011 OECD publication, Help Wanted?
2011
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Villages: Helping People Age in Place
The concept began in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood in 2001, when a group of residents founded a nonprofit called Beacon Hill Village to ease access to the services that often force older Americans to give up their homes and move to a retirement community.
2011
Ending Homelessness among Older Adults and Elders through Permanent Supportive Housing
The combination of issues typically associated with homelessness such as mental health and substance abuse with those related to aging such as reduced mobility and a need for assistance with daily activities is requiring that elder housing and services providers develop creative solutions.
2011
Conceptualizing Age-Friendly Communities
On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more “age-friendly”, an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization launched its global Age-Friendly Cities project. We conceptualize age-friendly communities by building on the WHO framework and applying an ecological perspective.
2011
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