Policy

Improving housing with care choices for older people: an evaluation of extra care housing
Over the last decade, extra care housing has emerged as a welcome alternative to residential care and the various forms of sheltered housing previously available.
Ann Netten, Robin Darton, Theresia Bäumker, Lisa Callaghan
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Aged Care, Health, Policy

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.
Jeremy Porteus
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Future housing solutions, Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Community, Health

Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village
There is currently much debate in the United Kingdom policy and practice literature about how best to respond to the care and accommodation needs of people as they retire and grow older.
Miriam Bernard, Jennifer Liddle, Bernadette Bartlam, Thomas Scharf, Julius Sim
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Retirement Housing, Community, Policy

Lifetime Neighbourhoods
It is increasingly recognised that it is not just our homes, but also the neighbourhoods where we live that have a significant role in keeping us well and independent as we grow older.
Mark Bevan, Karen Croucher
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, Policy

Social Housing Allocation and Homelessness
This research provides an interesting insight into the different housing allocation mechanisms employed by social housing providers across the European Union.
Nicholas Pleace, Nóra Teller, Deborah Quilgars
2011
Themes:
Social Housing, Policy, Housing First, Private Rental

Aging, Living Arrangements, and Housing in China
Grounded in a literature review, current living arrangements and housing conditions of the elderly in China are investigated with new empirical evidence. Survey data of September 2009 included a total of 692 Chinese households with a focus on elderly members.
Bin Li, Sheying Chen
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Housing in General

Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices
This US research builds upon earlier work to offer state legislators and officials concrete examples of state laws, policies and programs that foster aging in place.
Nicholas Farber, Douglas Shinkle, Jana Lynott, Wendy Fox-Grage, Rodney Harrell
2011
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Ageing Population

Age, Home and Community: A Strategy for Housing for Scotland’s Older People: 2012 - 2021
With the twin challenges of an ageing population and reduced availability of public funding, we need to change the way we deliver services to focus on those which help support independent living and prevent or reduce the need for more intensive services. This will not only achieve what older people want, but will also help us to make the best use of our limited resources.
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Policy

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.
Tim Brown
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Aged Care, Health, Policy

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.
Elizabeth Mestheneos
2011
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Policy

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