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Sustainable, age-friendly housing
Few people would dispute the idea that environmentally sustainable, age-friendly housing is desirable for all. But as resources for housing construction are always limited, this goal may not be readily achievable.
2004
Housing futures in an ageing Australia
This bulletin synthesizes the presentations at a conference jointly convened by AHURI and The Myer Foundation to provide a research based contribution to the Foundation’s Project 2020: A vision for aged care in Australia.
2004
Sustainable, age-friendly housing
One of the important aspects of gerontechnology is the study of
technology and ageing to ensure independent living remains possible in spite of the inevitable decline that comes with ageing.
2004
Homeless Older Adults Research Project
Despite the increased focus on the homeless population in Canada, there is little empirical knowledge about the characteristics, circumstances, and service needs of older homeless adults.
The purpose of this study, therefore, is to gain a better understanding of older adults who are homeless or at risk for homelessness in the City of Toronto.
2004
Homelessness and housing in Japan
In Japan, it has emerged that “the homeless” issue has been a social problem since the 1990s. The number of rough sleepers in Japan has been rapidly increasing after the burst of the bubble economy in the 1990s with the number of rough sleepers in Japan being estimated at over 30,000 in 2003.
2004
Housing an older Australia: More of the same or something different?
Older people’s housing is not only of interest to older people themselves: it attracts the attention of many others, each viewing it from their own perspective, and so each with
different interests in the future of older people’s housing. At least six different views that feature in debates about housing and older people can be identified:
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2003
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On the Margins? Housing risk among caravan park residents
This paper is a preliminary review of a study being undertaken by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute: University of Western Sydney Research Centre and University of New South Wales, on the nature and prevalence of permanent residency in caravan parks in Australia and the risk of homelessness.
2003
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Women, Housing and Transitions Out of Homelessness
This is the second of two main reports for the project “Women, housing and transitions out of homelessness”. The earlier Stage 2 Report (Jerome et al, 2002) was based on an extensive, systematic review of the national and international literature on homelessness and specifically women’s homelessness.
2003
Women and Homelessness: Innovative Practice and Exit Pathways
The face of women now appears as a significant feature of the ‘new homelessness’.
While the ideology of the traditional nuclear family model persists in spite of changing demographic trends, it is argued that homelessness is defined in terms of men’s experiences and practices or men’s subjectivities hides women’s homelessness.
2003
Women and Homelessness: Innovative Practice and Exit Pathways
This paper reports on recently completed research on women’s transitions out of homelessness and the role of housing and associated support services in offering ‘independence’.
It will provide an overview of the research and the outcomes in the final report. The research sought to answer the following questions:
a. What kinds of housing and support services do homeless women utilize?
b.
2003
Themes:
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."