Journal Article
Narratives of home and place: Findings from the Housing and Independent Living Study
As populations age, increased focus is given to the importance of enabling older people to age in place. The study reported in this paper explored the extent to which older people considered their homes and neighbourhoods to be ‘supportive’, and sought to increase understanding of the needs and experiences of older people and their expectations of future housing needs.
2014
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Moving beyond ‘ageing in place’: older people’s dislikes about their home and neighbourhood environments as a motive for wishing to move
Ageing in place has been promoted by policy makers as the optimal residential solution for later life, premised on older people’s reluctance to contemplate relocation, their declining residential mobility and high levels of residential satisfaction.
2014
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Housing America's Older Adult's: Meeting the Needs of an Older Population
A discussion looking at the scale of public policy challenges needed in addressing the implications of the profound demographic shift occurring in the US and the steps to address the deficiencies in the housing stock, community preparedness, and the health care system vital to the national standard of living.
2014
Asset poverty, precarious housing and ontological security in older age: an Australian case study
Abstract
Over two-thirds of Australians are owner-occupiers and a majority of the population holds most of their wealth in housing.
2014
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Apartments for Life: A Dutch Senior Housing Innovation
In the Netherlands, Apartments for Life are available to individuals over the age of 55, and residents typically enter these apartments while still independent. What makes these residences unique is that when individuals require assisted living or nursing care, such care is brought to them.
2014
Innovative Seniors Housing and Care Models: What We Can Learn from the Netherlands
This report highlights some innovative seniors housing and care practices from the Netherlands.
The first is the Humanitas Apartments for Life, where if and when residents need assisted living or nursing facility level care, it is brought to them, thereby eliminating stigma and relocation issues.
The second is the unique dementia village of De Hogeweyk.
2014
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Women and Homelessness in Spain
This work focuses on the situation of homeless women in present-day Spain. This constitutes both a social and a personal problem embedded in the dynamics of social exclusion and linked to the interplay among structural, family/relational, personal and cultural elements.
2014
Aging in place: From theory to practice
Aging-in-place has become a key and guiding strategy in addressing and meeting the needs of older people. This paper discusses the multifaceted aspects of aging-in-place and presents an ecological approach to understanding the interaction between the individual and her or his environment and its impact on aging-in-place.
2014
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Aging in The Netherlands: State of the Art and Science
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The population of the Netherlands is aging, although it is still relatively young in comparison with the population of most other European countries. As Dutch society transitions from a welfare state to a society based more on individual responsibility, the increasingly well-educated and financially well-off elderly people wish to exert more control over their own lives.
2014
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