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'A collective denial': Why are France's elderly treated so badly?
France has a reputation for being one of the best places to grow old, in part due to its high quality of life, excellent health care and having one of the world’s longest life expectancies.
Evie Burrows-Taylor
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Aged Care, Ageing-in-Place, Co-housing

The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities Looking back over the last decade, looking forward to the next
This report gives a global overview of the progress that cities and communities have made over the last decade towards becoming more age-friendly, through the lens of the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities. Among the notable achievements, membership in the WHO Global Network has increased four-fold in the last two and a half years and more affiliate organizations are suppo
Alana Officer, Diane Wu
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities, Community

A Novel Cohousing Project for Older Women and Implications for Loneliness
In this article, we describe a novel approach in older persons’ housing, a recently established cohousing development, ‘New Ground’ in London, UK. Cohousing is a form of grouped housing designed and managed by those who reside within it.
Helen Hopwood, Farhana Mann
2018
Themes:
Co-housing, Ageing Population, Older Women, Health

Housing an Ageing Australia: The Ideal of Security of Tenure and the Undermining Effect of Elder Abuse
This article considers the degree of legal security of tenure and ontological security in various forms of accommodation utilised by older people. In so doing, the article examines how elder abuse can dilute legal and ontological security and makes suggestions as to how existing real property laws could be utilised and amended to safeguard housing security for older people
Eileen Webb
2018
Themes:
Private Rental, Policy, Ageing Population, Elder Abuse

Innovative Housing Models for an Ageing Population
This Housing LIN round table session with invited industry leaders was hosted by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care, in London over the summer, 2018.
Housing LIN
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Future housing solutions, Policy, Health

Census reveals a rise in the rate of homelessness in Australia

The rate of homelessness in Australia has increased 4.6 per cent over the last five years, according to new data from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. People aged between 65 and 74 years experiencing homelessness increased to 27 persons per 10,000 people, up from 25 persons per 10,000 people in 2011.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
2018
Themes:
Older Men, Older Women

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

The Role of Social and Built Environments in Supporting Older Adults´ Social Interaction

The social and built environments at the neighbourhood level have been linked to older adults´ neighbourhood social interaction which, in turn, contributes towards ageing-in-place, wellbeing, and quality of life. Currently, however, there is no clear understanding about the relative strength and nature of these relationships across a diverse range of neighbourhood features.
Piret Veeroja
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Community, Lifetime Neighbourhoods

Ageing in place: challenges and opportunities at the interface between property management and older residents
An important concept within the current social and health policy discussion on healthy ageing is ‘ageing in place’. ‘Ageing in place – challenges and opportunities at the interface between property management and older residents’ seeks to facilitate ageing in place.
Research Futures
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place

Toward Understanding Person–Place Transactions in Neighborhoods: A Qualitative-Participatory Geospatial Approach
Emerging research regarding aging in context reveals much about how neighborhoods relate to aging adults’ health, participation, and inclusion. Quantitative studies have identified neighborhood characteristics that relate to wellbeing and inclusion and qualitative studies have explored phenomena such as exclusion in neighborhoods.
Carri Hand, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Suzanne Huot, Jason Gilliland, Rachael Pack
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Community, Concept of 'Home'

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