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National Survey of Providers of Independent Living Units (ILUs) for people with relatively low incomes and low assets
According to the National Housing Supply Council, the demand from older-person households for private rental housing and social housing is estimated to grow 120% between 2008 and 2028 (from 146,200 to 321,400 for private rental housing and from 86,500 to 189,800 for social housing).A significant proportion of these households are living in housing that is not affordable.
2011
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Aging, Living Arrangements, and Housing in China
Grounded in a literature review, current living arrangements and housing conditions of the elderly in China are investigated with new empirical evidence.
Survey data of September 2009 included a total of 692 Chinese households with a focus on elderly members.
2011
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Sizing Up the Challenge Ahead: Future Demographic Trends and Long-term Care Costs
This chapter is from the 2011 OECD publication, Help Wanted?
2011
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Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village
There is currently much debate in the United Kingdom policy and practice literature about how best to respond to the care and accommodation needs of people as they retire and grow older.
2011
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Lifetime Neighbourhoods
As we grow older we are more likely to spend more time at home, and where we live is an important determinant of our well-being.
2011
Older Homeless Adults: Can We Do More?
The average age of individuals in the US experiencing homelessness is rising. Between the early 1990s and 2003, the proportion of homeless adults aged 50 and older increased from 11% to nearly one-third. This trend continues.
Homelessness is associated with poor access to health care and high rates of Emergency Department visits and inpatient hospitalizations, and high rates of early mortality.
2011
Ageing and Quality of Life - New Responses from the Real Estate Sector in Portugal
Europe in the 21st century will have to cater to the needs of an elderly population in transformation. Portugal is also part of this process.
2011
The Utilization of Home Care by the Elderly in Brazil's Primary Health Care System
The aging of the population represents a challenge to governments around the world, which are faced with the task of designing and implementing national strategies for elderly care, including improving primary health care through home health care systems and social networks.
2011
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Social Spaces Rural Places: Ageing-in-Place in Rural South Australia
This thesis argues that place, space and availability of social support are important variables for how older people successfully age-in-place. It explores place attachment, community connectedness and the social networks of people aged 70+ living independently in small rural communities in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia.
2011
The importance of successful place integration for perceived health in very old age: a qualitative meta-synthesis.
The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of home and health, by exploring processes underlying these dynamics when living at home in very old age.
2011
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."