Ageing Population
NGOs Functioning as Social Service Providers: The Elderly Problem in Cuba
Population studies predict that the percentage of Cuba’s population over the age of 60 will rise to 25% of the population by the year 2025, and ominously, to 33.6% of the population by the year 2050, at which time Cuba will be perhaps the ‘oldest’ nation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2004
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Elderly Housing
This paper will begin with a brief account of the development of public housing for the elderly and this will serve as a background for the discussion of existing policies. This will be followed by a discussion on policies that have been formulated since the 1970s to house the elderly, particularly policy papers and Working Party reports published in the last twenty years.
2004
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Housing futures in an ageing Australia
This bulletin synthesizes the presentations at a conference jointly convened by AHURI and The Myer Foundation to provide a research based contribution to the Foundation’s Project 2020: A vision for aged care in Australia.
2004
Ageing-in-place? Intergenerational and intra-familial housing transfers and shifts in later life
Ageing populations create demands for higher expenditure on pensions and other government provided welfare and social benefits, leading to higher taxes falling on fewer workers.
2004
Homeless Older Adults Research Project Executive Summary
Despite the increased focus on the homeless population in Canada, there is little empirical knowledge about the characteristics, circumstances, and service needs of older homeless adults.
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of older adults who are homeless or at risk for homelessness in the City of Toronto.
2004
Challenges of cross-national housing research with older persons: lessons from the ENABLE-AGE project
This article discusses the cross-national project Enabling Autonomy, Participation, and Well-Being in Old Age: The Home Environment as a Determinant for Healthy Ageing.
Cross-national, interdisciplinary research always entails challenges, while those involving person-environment research have not yet been reported much in the literature.
2004
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Sustainable, age-friendly housing
One of the important aspects of gerontechnology is the study of
technology and ageing to ensure independent living remains possible in spite of the inevitable decline that comes with ageing.
2004
Housing options and independent living: sustainable outcomes for older people who are homeless
This research was undertaken on the premise that there is a lack of understanding about the needs of older homeless people in Australia, despite the fact that older people on fixed incomes in insecure housing are growing in number and are at particular risk of homelessness or the need for institutional care.
The research was guided by four questions: 1.
2003
Coping With Change: Comparing The Retirement Housing Decisions Of Older People.
As they age, older people are likely to spend significantly more time in their homes. Therefore the immediate surroundings and proximate environments play a vital role in how the older person adapts and copes with changes that occur with advancing age.
2003
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Research Update: Older People
An update on UK research being undertaken in a variety of areas relevant to homelessness and older adults.
Resettling Older Homeless People,
Older People in the Private Rented Sector,
Care-Home Residents’ Experiences of Relocation,
Older People’s Participation in Mental Health Research
2003
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