Health
Meeting the Housing and Care Needs of Older Homeless Adults: A Permanent Supportive Housing Program Targeting Homeless Elders
The homeless population is aging faster than the general population in the United States. As this vulnerable population continues to age, addressing complex care and housing needs will become increasingly important.
2013
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Voices on Relocation and Aging in Place in Very Old Age—A Complex and Ambivalent Matter
This cross-national qualitative study explores how very old people reflect upon relocation and aging in place.
2013
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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.
2013
A Good Life in Old Age? Monitoring and Improving Quality in Long-Term Care
The Netherlands was the first amongst OECD countries to introduce compulsory Social Health Insurance for long-term care in 1968. Since 1994, it has been one of the few countries to advocate personal care budgets.
Long-term care in the Netherlands has comprehensive coverage, the possibility to choose services in cash, and a high availability of home care services.
2013
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Making informed decisions on housing options: the value of advice and support for older people
The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which the provision of a UK government-backed, centralised advice and support service, named FirstStop, can assist older people in making informed decisions on ways to plan ahead as their housing and care needs change.
Drawing upon conceptual frameworks of residential decision making and through the use of in-depth interviews, the paper examin
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Ageing in Australia
At the broadest level, the Association holds the view that, as a life stage, older age should provide people with the opportunities to live healthy, positive and productive lives, connected to and participating in the life of the community.
2013
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80+ living in Scandinavia
Average life expectancy in Scandinavia is increasing, anticipating that the number of people aged over 80 will double in the next decades in Scandinavia. Care for the elderly is therefore being reappraised and developed.
2013
The age structure of contemporary homelessness: Evidence and implications for public policy
This paper assesses the age composition of the sheltered homeless population and how the age of this population – both single adults and adults in families – have changed over the past two decades.
2013
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Focus on Housing and the Health of Older People
Both the Northern Ireland (NI) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) governments have stated a policy preference for older people to live independently in their own homes for as long as possible, as they age. However, the implications of this policy aspiration have received less attention, particularly the relationship between housing and health.
2013
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Housing our Ageing Population
The UK housing market is delivering much less specialist housing for older people than is needed.
2013
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