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Long-term Senior Policy in Poland: for the years 2014-2020
A senior policy for Poland. It covers all areas of ageing, including housing and age-friendly communities.
An objective in the housing area is to support universal design, including the needs of elderly people.
2014
Older women fall victim to crisis in homelessness
Looking at the rise in Australian women 55+ who are experiencing housing stress.
2014
Smart Cities and the Ageing Population
Due to a growing number of elderly people, it is a necessity to create the cities that are aware of the special needs of all their citizens including the needs of aging populations.
2014
Older women’s pathways out of homelessness in Australia
This study examines pathways out of homelessness for older women in Australia. It seeks to understand the range of possible responses and program models that would assist in addressing their homelessness. It explicitly intends to inform the service sector.In Australia there has been increasing attention to older women’s homelessness.
2014
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The All-Ages City
By 2030, 20% of the U.S. will be senior citizens, compared with 13% today. Cities will have to adapt, not just to a growing population of elderly, but to the baby boomers’ idea of what it means to be elderly.
An Indiana architect has come up with a new idea for retirement living. Instead of bringing Main Street to retirement communities, why not bring retirement communities to Main Street?
2014
The impact of Rent Assistance on housing affordability for low-income renters: Australia
Rent Assistance has failed to keep up with surging rental costs.
Increases to Age and Disability Support Pension payments, since a one-off increase in 2009 of $32 per week, have helped reduce the numbers of these pensioners paying more than half of their income in rent.
2014
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Cooperatives and Co-housing of older people. German Case Studies in Rhineland-Palatinate
This paper, presented at the 2014 AESOP Conference, examines the emerging interest in the co-housing model as a means to address the paucity of housing options for older people in Germany.
Interest in the neighbourhood has increased considerably by housing companies and social policymakers in recent years.
2014
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Moving beyond ‘ageing in place’: older people’s dislikes about their home and neighbourhood environments as a motive for wishing to move
Ageing in place has been promoted by policy makers as the optimal residential solution for later life, premised on older people’s reluctance to contemplate relocation, their declining residential mobility and high levels of residential satisfaction.
2014
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Security of tenure for the ageing population of Western Australia — does current housing legislation support seniors' ongoing housing needs?
The genesis of this research commenced several years ago as the impact of Western Australia’s ‘resources boom’ was becoming evident. Although that period augured in years of prosperity for some Western Australians, for many – especially those on lower and fixed incomes – the rising cost of living became problematic.
2014
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Adapting to the Challenges of an Ageing Population for Social Housing
One in six people in the UK are now over 65. More people are living beyond 80. The elderly living in couples or alone now make up 25% of all households.
2014
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."