Ageing Population
What can you do if you don't want to go into a retirement village?
Enterprising baby boomers are turning to co-housing to avoid the conventional retirement communities that were often the only option for their parents.
2017
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Community Building for Old Age: Breaking New Ground. The UK’s first senior cohousing community, High Barnet
This paper offers a case study in active community-building. It describes an initiative conceived and driven by a group of older women who, understanding that living alone as they grew old could leave them vulnerable, looked to each other to develop and share their social capital.
2017
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Living Alone among Older Persons in Uganda: Prevalence and Associated Factors
This study aimed at investigating the prevalence and factors associated with living alone among older persons in Uganda.
Worldwide, the proportion of older persons (aged 60 years and above) stands at 11% and it’s anticipated to double by 2050. In sub-Saharan Africa, older persons comprise 5% of the population.
2017
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US Older Adults: Demographics, Living Arrangements, and Barriers to Aging in Place
The objectives of this study are twofold. The first is to document the diversity of older adult living arrangements in the U.S. The second is to outline a set of aging in place policy prescriptions that align with the revealed living arrangements of U.S. older adults who face the greatest barriers to aging in place.
2017
No place like home: The impact of declining home ownership on retirement
Australia’s retirement income system has long implicitly taken it for granted that the vast majority of retired people will have very low housing costs – in turn reflecting a presumption that most of them will own their own homes, and will have fully paid down any mortgage debt taken on in order to finance the original acquisition of their homes; and that those who have been unable to become home-
2017
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Homelessness in Poland
There is no national data collection strategy for homelessness in Poland. The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy collects
annual Social Welfare Statistics from all social welfare centres in Poland, including statistics on homeless assistance.
2017
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Housing costs force Queensland’s age pensioners into poverty
Queensland couples who rely on the age pension and rent in the private market are at the greatest risk of living in poverty compared to other seniors.
2017
How the Dutch Lead the Way in Senior Housing Innovation
Out of the box thinking is what it will take to truly house and nurture various special populations. When looking at real estate development strategies, housing companies should be thinking about how design might help foster a better living environment.
2017
Queensland: an age-friendly community - Action Plan
This action plan, which was informed by more than 9000 responses to our survey, outlines the Queensland Government’s priorities, initiatives and services that contribute to building age-friendly communities and supporting our strategic direction statement, Queensland: an age-friendly community.
2016
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Senior Cohousing in Cost-Cutting Research
This paper concerns the issue of senior cohousing, with particular emphasis on the residents' gender. It looks at the 'feminisation of ageing' where in Poland, 80% of people 65+ living alone are women.
2016
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