Journal Article
Living Alone in Australia: trends in sole living and characteristics of those who live alone
In 2006 almost two million adults were living alone in Australia.
2009
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Housing and health care for older people
There is an enormous impact of home conditions both on the health of an older person living with a long-term illness, and their ability to remain independent in the face of disability. Geriatricians are often called upon to give advice to older people with a new illness about where to live.
2009
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Moving Beyond Place: Aging in Community
Western culture has constructed a continuum that positions institutional long-term care at one end of a spectrum, and an idealized vision of aging in place at the other. The challenge is to escape this false choice.
This US article looks at a third way of aging - "aging in community".
2009
Enabling older homeless minority women to overcome homelessness by using a life management enhancement group intervention.
This paper describes the importance of a life management enhancement group intervention for older minority women in developing personal control and self-confidence in social relationships as they overcome homelessness. Women in the treatment group showed significantly greater personal control and higher levels of self-confidence following the six-week intervention than women in the control group.
2009
Correlates of housing affordability stress among older Australians
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of housing affordability stress among community‐dwelling older Australians. It concluded that although the prevalence of housing affordability stress is low among older Australians when compared to the younger population, a definite social gradient exists in those at risk.
2008
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Aging in Place, Housing and the Law
“Aging in place” refers to the desire of older people to stay in their own homes and communities in spite of encroaching infirmities, and it is an increasingly important aspect of public policy. This movement has gained impetus from the US Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v.
2008
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Perceptions of Living Alone Among Older Adult Women
This exploratory study examines older women’s perceptions of living alone.
In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of people who live alone, particularly older adults.
2008
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Inadequate Housing and Health: an overview
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For many years, the housing environment has been acknowledged as one of the main settings that affect human health. Living and housing conditions are the basis of many factors influencing residential health.
2007
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Housing for the aging population
Based on the concept of ‘aging in place,’ design of houses in the past years are explored. Design features in the built environment become barriers for aging people with functional limitations. Initially, houses were designed according to the required needs of the user with the physical limitations.
2007
Intergenerational Coresidence of Older Adults in Japan: Conditions for Cultural Plasticity
This study investigated individual-level conditions and prefecture-level contextual factors that enable and/or restrict intergenerational coresidence arrangements between older parents and adult children.
Whereas the traditional pattern of coresidence was primarily a value-driven arrangement, nontraditional coresidence was both a value-driven and a need-driven arrangement for older parents with l
2007
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