Research Paper

Housing and Ageing: Linking strategy to future delivery for Scotland, Wales and England 2030
Our goal was to create a set of co-designed recommendations for the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, which would identify specific priorities and recommendations for the housing and ageing agenda – as a driver to get housing ready for the increasing future generations of older people.
Scottish Universities Insight Institute
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Aged Care, Ageing-in-Place, Housing in General

Building Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester: evidence from the Ambition for Ageing programme
A key concept in the ageing policy agenda is that of ‘ageing in place’. If older people are to do this successfully, age-friendly neighbourhoods are essential to ensure local environments remain inclusive and accessible to people as they move through the life course. Previous literature has indicated that older people are at increased risk of neighbourhood exclusion due to a variety of factors.
Jessica Thorley
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Concept of 'Home', Future housing solutions, Policy, Lifetime Neighbourhoods

Spatial Agency: Creating New Opportunities for Sharing and Collaboration in Older People’s Cohousing
Older people’s cohousing enables individuals to share spaces, resources, activities, and knowledge to expand their capability to act in society. Despite the diverse social, economic, and ethical aims that inform the creation of every cohousing community, there is often a disconnect between the social discourse developed by cohousing groups and the architectural spaces they create.
Mark Hammond
2018
Themes:
Co-housing, Community, Future housing solutions

Moving Towards Age Friendly Housing in King County
This report is an assessment of current and projected needs for senior housing and housing-based support services in King County, Seattle. It provides recommendations for affordable senior housing strategies.
Metropolitan Center for Applied Research and Extension, Washington State University"
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Policy, Ageing-in-Place, Future housing solutions, The Village Model

Amplify Insights: Housing Affordability and Homelessness
Homelessness is not just rooflessness. We have seen the greatest increases in homelessness among people living in severely overcrowded dwellings; thus making homelessness increasingly hidden.
Kristy Muir, Chris Martin, Edgar Liu, Lisette Kaleveld, Paul Flatau, Lena Etuk, Hal Pawson
2018
Themes:
Housing Affordability, Ageing Population

Social Integration of Older Adults in the Periphery of Israel in Two Settlement Types
The study examines which variables are connected to social integration of older people in their living settlement; whether the type of settlement is connected to the social integration of older adults, and, also, what variables function as mediators in the connection between the settlement type and social integration. The findings show that older adults who resided in rural settlements were more
Adi Vitman- Schorr
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Aged Care, Community, Health, Regional Rural & Remote Areas

Promoting Healthy Aging in Supportive Housing: A Review of the MRT Senior Supportive Housing Pilot
In 2014, New York State released several grants for pilot projects to test innovative supportive housing models of care. One project, the Senior Supportive Housing Services Pilot Program, provided funding for unit modifications and supportive services to seniors experiencing homelessness, living in an institutional setting, or precariously housed.
CSH
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Social Housing, Policy, Health

The Adequacy of the Age Pension in Australia: An assessment of pensioner living standards
This Australian report examines the adequacy of the Age Pension both qualitatively, through focus groups and town meetings, and quantitatively, through analysis of social survey data. Methodology included quantitative analysis provided by the HILDA (Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) survey which included 9,000 households and 25,000 individuals.
Warwick Smith, David Hetherington
2018
Themes:
Aged Pension, Policy

Rightsizing: Reframing the housing offer for older people
In the next 25 years, the proportion of households in Greater Manchester where the oldest person is aged 85 or over will grow faster than any other age group.
Mark Hammond, Stefan White, Stephen Walsh
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Age Specific Housing

Housing accessibility for senior citizens in Sweden: Estimation of the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers
This research aims to estimate the effects of targeted elimination of environmental barriers (EB) in the ordinary housing stock in Sweden, and to explore the estimated effects on accessibility at a population level in relation to (a) residents with different functional profiles, (b) different housing types and (c) building periods. The elimination of the EB most commonly addressed by housing adap
Cecilia Pettersson, Björn Slaug, Marianne Granbom, Marianne Kylberg, Susanne Iwarsson
2017
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing

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