United States of America
Why More Seniors Are Forming Their Own 'Villages'
Discusses the Beacon Hill example of the Village concept of housing for older people. A local group of independent seniors meet and support one other through the elder years. By pooling yearly membership fees, members of the village pay for a small staff that helps them find services like drivers, cleaners, and handymen in the local area.
2015
Differences between Cohousing and Gated Communities.
On the basis of the literature about gated and cohousing communities, this work analyzes how these communities differ from each other. The analysis suggests that cohousing and gated communities are different in the nature of relationships between residents and in the reasons why they arise, even if there are some points of similarity.
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 health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations
In the European Union, more than 400 000 individuals are homeless on any one night and more than 600 000 are homeless in the USA. The causes of homelessness are an interaction between individual and structural factors. Individual factors include poverty, family problems, and mental health and substance misuse problems.
2014
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Housing for an Aging Society
The aging of the US population has broad implications for housing
markets, government spending, living standards, and society in general. As the baby boomers age over the coming decades, they will continue to drive housing demand.
2014
Virtual Villages for Aging in Place
A discussion of the history and viability of the Village concept of aging in place.
Boston's Beacon Hill Village enrolled their initial members in January 2002, the first Village in what has grown into a small scale national movement.
The Village concept has gained much attention as a model for aging in place.
2014
Is cohousing a suitable housing typology for an ageing population within the UK?
The study investigates why there are so few cohousing communities in the UK, particularly in light of their success in Europe and the US. It asks why cohousing has not taken off to the same extent as it has in Europe.
2014
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Housing America's Older Adults : meeting the needs of an aging population
Affordable, accessible, and well-located housing is central to
quality of life for people of all ages, but especially for older adults.
However, the existing housing stock in the US is unprepared to meet the escalating need for affordability, accessibility, social connectivity, and supportive services.
2014
Senior Cohousing: An Alternative for Hawaii's Elderly
The goal of this project is to encourage the concept and building of senior cohousing communities in Hawaii.
2014
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A growing number of towns and cities have found a practical solution to homelessness through the construction of tiny-house villages
Second Wind Cottages, a tiny-house village for the chronically homeless in the town of Newfield, New York State and Quixote Village, a similar project in Olympia, Washington are examined in this article.
The projects are part of a national movement of tiny-house villages, in the US, an alternative approach to housing the homeless that's beginning to catch the interest of national advocates a
2014
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