Research Paper
Towards a deeper understanding of the social architecture of co-housing: evidence from the UK, USA and Australia
This paper draws attention to the micro-social practices that self-organising resident groups engage in over the years that it takes to build a co-housing community. This ‘social architecture’ is what distinguishes co-housing from superficially similar shared-space neighbourhoods.
2015
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Seniors downsizing on their own terms: Overcoming planning, legal and policy impediments to the creation of alternative retirement communities
It seems there are as many reasons for seniors making downsizing decisions as there are individual seniors. Some common themes have emerged however. First, despite the tacit encouragement of downsizing in Australia and elsewhere, most seniors resist moving in order to downsize.
2015
Processes for developing affordable and sustainable medium-density housing models for greyfield precincts
This project investigates a design-oriented, integrative development approach that responds to a timely opportunity in the greyfields of Australian cities: how to redevelop dispersed and ageing public housing properties in the middle suburbs.
2015
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Relationships between perceived aspects of home and symptoms in a cohort aged 67- 70.
The importance of the home environment increases with age. Perceived aspects of home influence life satisfaction, perceived health and independence in daily activities and well-being among very old people. However, research on health and perceived aspects of home among senior citizens in earlier phases of the aging process is lacking.
2015
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Strategies for Aging in Place: The Experience of Language-Minority Seniors With Loss of Independence
For healthy and independent older adults, aging in place can be seen as identical to any other adult living at home. Little is known about how frail seniors, particularly those who speak a minority language, manage the challenges of aging in place.
2015
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The voices of mid-life women facing housing insecurity
Single, mid-life women in Australia have emerged as a group vulnerable to housing insecurity and having a high potential of homelessness in their old age (65+). Mid-life is used here to denote women aged between 40 and 65.
2015
Housing Decisions of Older Australians
The growing longevity and ageing of Australia’s population, as well as other structural and demographic changes, elevate the policy imperative to understand what drives the housing decisions of older people and the consequences for their wellbeing. This study aims to explore the drivers of those decisions, as well as some of the barriers to better outcomes.
2015
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Supply shortages and affordability outcomes in the private rental sector: short and longer term trends
This report found there was a shortage of 271 000 affordable and available rental dwellings for very-low-income households in 2011, an increase of 60 000 since 2006.
2015
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Seniors downsizing on their own terms: Overcoming planning, legal and policy impediments to the creation of alternative retirement communities
Terms such as ‘ageing in place’ and ‘downsizing’ have become ubiquitous in discourse about the accommodation choices of older people. The terms, while not mutually exclusive, are not necessarily symbiotic and mean different things to different people.
2015
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Key characteristics of age-friendly cities and communities: a review.
The structure of this paper is as follows: an overview of the literature review methodology; a summary of age-friendly models and frameworks; a discussion of the key findings of the ageing literature, with reference to specific ageing initiatives and interventions within the urban environment.
2015
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