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Social Innovation in Housing: Learning from practice across Europe
This paper presents and discusses the results of a brief scoping study on social innovation in housing in Europe.
2013
Ageing and Women's Homelessness, Fighting the bag lady syndrome
Australia is facing a tsunami of poverty amongst ageing female baby boomers that will directly affect their well-being, economic viability, and housing options.
This paper sets out the key findings from research into older women and housing security in Australia.
2013
Nursing for the older people in Japan
The Japanese government is switching its focus in care for the aged from facilities to local communities.
2013
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Alternative retirements: from eco-retreats to communes
Nursing homes and aged care facilities don’t appeal to everyone. A growing number of older people in Australia are starting to look for alternatives for their retirement.
2013
Housing for older people globally: What are best practices?
National policy on housing for older people varies across countries and shapes housing provision and levels of support for this population.
Essentially, such policy indicates which sectors, institutions and agencies, both public and private, have responsibility for the provision and management of housing; how the housing and care services are regulated; and the criteria for admission to different
2013
Towards an agenda for post-carbon cities. Lessons from Lilac, the UK’s first ecological, affordable cohousing community
This paper explores an agenda towards post-carbon cities, extending and deepening established debates around low-carbon, sustainable cities in the process. The paper draws upon a case-study of an embryonic post-carbon initiative due for completion in 2013 called Lilac.
2013
Action Plan for an Age-Friendly Portland
In 2006, the Institute on Aging at Portland State University began
collaborating with the World Health Organization in their Global Age-Friendly Cities project.
2013
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Old age far from gentle for Japan's graying homeless
Homelessness in Japan is a decades-old issue, yet it has a worrying new twist.
2013
The Trajectory Towards Marginality: How Do Older Australians Find Themselves Dependent on the Private Rental Market?
For older Australians being dependent on the private rental market is usually associated with serious financial hardship and insecurity. This article examines the housing careers of older Australians who are dependent on the private rental market. The article explores the trajectory into the private rental market and finds a crucial factor was an inability to access social housing.
2013
Models of special accommodation for older people across Europe
The purpose of the Report is the provision of an Information Record of models of specialist accommodation and care for older people, and related standards, in use across the countries of the European Union, the acceding and candidate countries, and the EFTA countries: Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein (in total 38 countries).
2013
Themes:
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."