Health
Housing Loneliness and Health
This Essay asks whether housing, loneliness and health are connected in contemporary Australia, and if they are, is it a nexus that can be addressed positively through housing policy.
2011
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Living Arrangements of Older Adults in China: The Interplay Among Preferences, Realities, and Health
This article uses the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey to examine the dynamics of living arrangements among the elderly in China.
The author explores what factors are related to living arrangement preference. In addition, the author looks at a relatively unexplored measure— “living arrangement concordance”—having a match between preferred and actual living arrangements.
2011
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All Party Parliamentary Group on housing and care for Older People - Living Well At Home Inquiry
Amidst the national interest in the growing need for care and support for the UK's ageing population, this report highlights the
importance of the home in the current debate.
2011
Age, home and community: a strategy for housing for Scotland's older people 2012-2021
The Scottish Government has a longstanding policy of 'shifting the balance of care', supporting people to remain at home independently for as long as possible, rather than in care homes or hospitals.
2011
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Housing an Ageing Population: The Extra Care Solution
The aim of this UK report is to contribute to the debate on the future of extra care housing and add to the recent publications by HAPPI (2010) and the National Housing Federation (2011).
There is already a wealth of material on existing types of extra care provision. The external environment is, however, changing.
2011
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The importance of successful place integration for perceived health in very old age: a qualitative meta-synthesis.
The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of home and health, by exploring processes underlying these dynamics when living at home in very old age.
2011
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Social participation of community living older persons: importance, determinants and opportunities
The purpose of the paper is to identify factors that hinder or support the social participation of older persons living in the community. The importance of older people’s engagement in physical, social and productive activities was studied. Opportunities for older people to socialize in the housing environment were explored. These tasks were carried out through literature review.
2011
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Institute for Aging Research study finds Boston's elderly homeless sicker than others
A striking portrait of the health of Boston's elderly homeless population is emerging from a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
2011
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Older Homeless Adults: Can We Do More?
The average age of individuals in the US experiencing homelessness is rising. Between the early 1990s and 2003, the proportion of homeless adults aged 50 and older increased from 11% to nearly one-third. This trend continues.
Homelessness is associated with poor access to health care and high rates of Emergency Department visits and inpatient hospitalizations, and high rates of early mortality.
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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