Policy
Homeless Older Adults Research Project
Despite the increased focus on the homeless population in Canada, there is little empirical knowledge about the characteristics, circumstances, and service needs of older homeless adults.
The purpose of this study, therefore, is to gain a better understanding of older adults who are homeless or at risk for homelessness in the City of Toronto.
2004
Homelessness and housing in Japan
In Japan, it has emerged that “the homeless” issue has been a social problem since the 1990s. The number of rough sleepers in Japan has been rapidly increasing after the burst of the bubble economy in the 1990s with the number of rough sleepers in Japan being estimated at over 30,000 in 2003.
2004
Older People and Aged Care in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
This Discussion Paper will increase the understanding of issues facing care services for older people in rural, regional and remote Australia and propose some options for ensuring that services are available locally and have a viable future.
The authors believe that new models of services and support for
rural and remote areas must be developed and supported.
2004
Elderly Housing
This paper will begin with a brief account of the development of public housing for the elderly and this will serve as a background for the discussion of existing policies. This will be followed by a discussion on policies that have been formulated since the 1970s to house the elderly, particularly policy papers and Working Party reports published in the last twenty years.
2004
Themes:
Coming of age: opportunities for older people under Supporting People
This UK report examines the challenges and proposes cost-effective solutions for Supporting People commissioners, their partner agencies and providers to meet the challenge of older homelessness.
The report considers the extent of the problem, routes into and out of homelessness and offers creative solutions.
2004
Sustainable, age-friendly housing
Few people would dispute the idea that environmentally sustainable, age-friendly housing is desirable for all. But as resources for housing construction are always limited, this goal may not be readily achievable.
2004
Housing futures in an ageing Australia
This bulletin synthesizes the presentations at a conference jointly convened by AHURI and The Myer Foundation to provide a research based contribution to the Foundation’s Project 2020: A vision for aged care in Australia.
2004
Challenges of cross-national housing research with older persons: lessons from the ENABLE-AGE project
This article discusses the cross-national project Enabling Autonomy, Participation, and Well-Being in Old Age: The Home Environment as a Determinant for Healthy Ageing.
Cross-national, interdisciplinary research always entails challenges, while those involving person-environment research have not yet been reported much in the literature.
2004
Themes:
The Future of Aged Persons Housing: What role for Independent Living Units?
There is an emerging crisis within housing for older persons in Australia. This paper focuses particularly on the role of independent living units in the future of aged housing.
2004
Ageing-in-place? Intergenerational and intra-familial housing transfers and shifts in later life
Ageing populations create demands for higher expenditure on pensions and other government provided welfare and social benefits, leading to higher taxes falling on fewer workers.
2004
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