Policy

Addressing later life homelessness
The study aims to contribute material to inform policies to reduce older people’s homelessness. The set of projects presented in this report are explicitly intended to provide a foundation for policies around homelessness for older Australians.
Maree Petersen, Andrew Jones
2013
Themes:
Policy, Pathways into homelessness, Ageing Population, Health, Gender

Assets, debt and the drawdown of housing equity by an ageing population
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to uncover the uses, financial costs and risks of housing equity withdrawal (HEW) via alternative mechanisms by older Australians.
Rachel Ong, Marietta Haffner, Gavin Wood, Therese Jefferson, Siobhan Austen
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Home Ownership, Retirement, Policy

Housing Exclusion: Elderly People Facing the Crisis
This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the housing conditions of the elderly people in Europe, focusing on the conditions of elderly living alone. The key objective of the article is to analyze the living conditions and the residential problems of the elderly in European countries over recent years.
Irene Lebrusan Murillo
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Poverty & homelessness, Policy

Homelessness, Stable Housing and Opportunities for Healthy Aging: Exploring the Relationships
Canada is undergoing demographic changes as the population ages and by 2030, it is estimated that approximately 25 percent of Canada’s population will be 65 years of age or older (Moore and Rosenberg, 2001).
Natalie Waldbrook
2013
Themes:
Health, Older Women, Pathways into homelessness, Policy, Social Housing

Advancing Age-Friendly Communities in Canada
The “age-friendly cities” concept proposed by the World Health Organization is a multi-sectoral policy approach to address demographic aging in urban settings. Canadian governments at all levels, seniors’ organizations and non-governmental organizations have embraced this model for creating environments to support healthy, active aging.
Louise Plouffe, Suzanne Garon, Judy Brownoff, Donelda Eve, Marie-Lynne Foucault, Rosemary Lawrence, Jean-Phillipe Lessard-Beaupre, Vicki Toews
2013
Themes:
Age-Friendly Cities, Ageing Population, Policy

Housing our Ageing Population
The UK housing market is delivering much less specialist housing for older people than is needed.
Jeremy Porteus
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Social Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Health

Models of special accommodation for older people across Europe
The purpose of the Report is the provision of an Information Record of models of specialist accommodation and care for older people, and related standards, in use across the countries of the European Union, the acceding and candidate countries, and the EFTA countries: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein (in total 38 countries).
Carol Thomas
2013
Themes:
Aged Care, Policy, Age Specific Housing

Senior cohousing communities: an alternative approach for the UK?
This report draws on two events in Spring 2012. The first, in York, brought together people aged over 50, mainly from existing or recently formed groups interested in cohousing. The second, in Dunfermline, included representatives of local authorities and housing associations with people aged over 50.
Maria Brenton
2013
Themes:
Co-housing, Ageing Population, Policy

Ageing in urban environments: Developing ‘age-friendly’ cities
This article aims to provide a critical perspective on what has been termed ‘age-friendly cities’ by shifting the focus from questions such as ‘What is an ideal city for older people?’ to the question of ‘How age friendly are cities?’ This approach might be more suited to deal with the complexities of cities as sites of interlocking and conflicting commercial, social, and political interests.
Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson, Thomas Scharf
2012
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Age-Friendly Cities, Policy

China’s Rapidly Aging Population Creates Policy Challenges In Shaping A Viable Long-Term Care System
In China, formal long-term care services for the large aging population have increased to meet escalating demands as demographic shifts and socioeconomic changes have eroded traditional elder care. We analyze China’s evolving long-term care landscape and trace major government policies and private-sector initiatives shaping it.
Zhanlian Feng, Chang Liu, Xinping Guan, Vincent Mor
2012
Themes:
Ageing Population, Aged Care, Policy

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