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Sustainable, Affordable Housing for Older Adults: A Case Study of Factors that Affect Development in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon, is considered to be a leader in sustainable development. Government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses have been innovators in policymaking and practice that is aimed at creating a more sustainable city.
Alan DeLaTorre
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Social Housing, Policy, Community, Health, Affordable Housing

Aging in Community: The Communitarian alternative to aging in place, alone
The prospect of aging, particularly in our culture rampant with ageism, is disconcerting, even frightening to many people. These feelings were the impetus for a small group of us to gather in 1999.
Janice Blanchard
2013
Themes:
Ageing-in-Place, Ageing Population, Community, Future housing solutions

A Housing need and demand analysis
Seniors Cohousing is a still a relatively novel concept in Canada, with only one operating community and three new projects underway. A goal of the non profit Canadian Senior Cohousing Society is to raise awareness of the need for community and for mutual social support through Active Aging study groups. A group of households then form to aquire a site and build the houses and common house.
Kaela Schramm
2013
Themes:
Co-housing

Prevalence of Homeless Older Adults and Factors Causing Their Homelessness: A Review
Objectives: To examine the prevalence of homeless older adults and causes of homelessness among the elderly. Methods: Systematic review involving search of Medline, Cochrane Review and GoogleScholar, including homeless, homelessness, elder, elderly, aged and in old age. For prevalence, articles before 2000 were excluded, and samples had to be at least 50 ±5 years of age.
Stephanie Ng, Shafqat Rizvi, Mark Kunik
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Pathways into homelessness, Gender, Health, Definition of 'at risk of homelessness'

The desire to age in place among older Australians
Many older Australians report a desire to age in place. This bulletin explores the relationship between this desire and the housing circumstances of older Australians of different tenure types; that is, those who own their home outright, those paying a mortgage and those who rent their home either privately or through social housing.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Affordable Housing, Private Rental, Social Housing

Living together privately: for a cautious reading of cohousing
The paper analyses cohousing as a part of the phenomenon of private residential communities. First, we provide an overview of cohousing and we identify its five constitutive characteristics. Second, we propose a comparison between the constitutive features of cohousing and of other kinds of private residential communities.
Francesco Chiodelli, Valeria Baglione
2013
Themes:
Co-housing

Sheltering Homeless Seniors Literature Review
The papers that make up the literature review are a combination of published research, grey literature, and government documents. Qualitative and quantitative research papers were included. Service provider input was a mixture of both perspectives. The readings arc across a broad range of learning around homeless seniors and their challenges.
Greater Vancouver Shelter Strategy
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Older Men, Older Women, Health, Pathways into homelessness

The Effect of Social and Built Environment Factors on Aging in Place (AIP): A Critical Synthesis
This project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000-2013) related to aging in place in the urban environment. Definitions across multiple disciplines including geography, gerontology, sociology, and psychology are reviewed and inform the development of a proposed holistic definition of optimal aging in place.
Claudine Matlo
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Age-Friendly Cities, Policy

Age friendly societies in our time? A literature review
This project sought to gain an understanding of the state and breadth of knowledge about the social isolation of older people in urban areas, with particular attention paid to housing form, and formal and informal care. The coverage is of international material in English; with items emanating from or relating to Canada generally, being of particular interest.
Kevin Harris
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities, Aged Care, Ageing-in-Place, Elder Abuse, Community, Health, Social inclusion

Future Living: A discussion paper identifying issues and options for housing our community.
Housing plays an important role in people’s health and wellbeing, in bringing communities together and in the shape of the city. Our aspiration is for an inner and central city where housing is affordable, well-designed and meets the diverse needs of our residents. Our housing has to be suitable for our residents as their needs change over their lifetime.
City of Melbourne
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Affordable Housing, Policy, Age-Friendly Cities

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