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The age of ageing: Barcelona’s growing elderly population
Barcelona is ageing fast. The elderly cohort constitutes a greater proportion of Barcelona’s population than ever before, and, perhaps most worryingly, face an increased likelihood of living alone.
2014
Room for the future: Will Australia’s apartments today work for the ageing population of tomorrow?
In the focus on ‘investors versus families’, the debate around apartment regulation often ignores one of the most important housing issues facing modern Australia – the need to accommodate our ageing population. Professor Lorraine Farrelly argues for adaptability in the design of new apartments.
2014
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Aging Population in China: Having a Senior Moment
The elderly care market in China is still in its infancy, despite the imminent demand of its rapidly aging population.
At present, almost all nursing homes are publicly funded. This article looks at the opportunities for International businesses to provide alternatives to this model.
2014
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Rethinking the Care Needs of Older Homeless People
Our research project, “Homelessness in Late life: Growing Old on the Streets, in Shelters, and Long-term Care” explores the challenges older homelessness brings for aging societies as a whole and for service providers working in housing, shelter and long-term care.
It involves a critical policy analysis; qualitative interviews with service providers and older homeless people; and participant obse
2014
Looking After China’s Elderly
As China’s rapid economic development continues, demographics shift, and social needs change, the country will face new challenges, not least of which is looking after its growing elderly population.
While a variety of care facilities have cropped up to care for China’s seniors, few have been widely successful in capturing the market.
2013
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House Sharing for Boomer Women Who Would Rather Not Live Alone
In the US increasingly, female boomers and older women — both bosom buddies and strangers — are moving in together as a way to save money and form a community.
Conditions are ripe to make home sharing an option for many women. Four million women age 50-plus live in U.S. households.
2013
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Old age far from gentle for Japan's graying homeless
Homelessness in Japan is a decades-old issue, yet it has a worrying new twist.
2013
Wohnfabrik Solinsieme. A Swiss example of co-housing for older people
Architectural description of the Wohnfabrik Solinsieme housing co-operative for older people in Switzerland.
2013
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Alternative retirements: from eco-retreats to communes
Nursing homes and aged care facilities don’t appeal to everyone. A growing number of older people in Australia are starting to look for alternatives for their retirement.
2013
Aging in Community: The Communitarian alternative to aging in place, alone
The prospect of aging, particularly in our culture rampant with ageism, is disconcerting, even frightening to many people. These feelings were the impetus for a small group of us to gather in 1999.
2013
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