Spain

The age of ageing: Barcelona’s growing elderly population

Barcelona is ageing fast. The elderly cohort constitutes a greater proportion of Barcelona’s population than ever before, and, perhaps most worryingly, face an increased likelihood of living alone.
2014

Municipal Project for Intergenerational Housing and Community Services in Alicante

Initiated in 2003 by the Municipal Housing Board of Alicante, the Municipal Project for Intergenerational Housing and Community Services works to address the specific housing needs of low-income older persons and young people through the provision of 244 affordable, intergenerational housing units in central urban areas. The Spanish project not only provides decent, accessible housing but also wo
2013

Housing-related Well-being in Older People: The Impact of Environmental and Financial Influences

Population ageing prompts both a larger dependence on housing suitability, and hence environmental effects on elderly wellbeing, alongside reliance on housing assets to guarantee financial security in old age for homeowners, giving rise to investment effects on wellbeing.
2013

Housing Exclusion: Elderly People Facing the Crisis

This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the housing conditions of the elderly people in Europe, focusing on the conditions of elderly living alone. The key objective of the article is to analyze the living conditions and the residential problems of the elderly in European countries over recent years.
2013

Loneliness and the exchange of social support among older adults in Spain and the Netherlands

Previous research has shown that exchanges of support within social networks reduce the loneliness of older adults.
2012

Housing-related Well-being in Older People: The Impact of Environmental and Financial Influences

This paper uses a new database from Spain to empirically examine the influence of environmental determinants of housing-related wellbeing (housing satisfaction) among older people, alongside investment explanations, namely homeownership and housing wealth.
2012

Housing assets and the socio-economic determinants of health and disability in old age

The influence of socio-economic determinants among the elderly is a complex subject. Although they rely on pension income, the wealth that they have accumulated over their lifetime (primarily housing assets), jointly with housing-related determinants, could have a more significant effect on health production.
2008
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