Conference Paper
Retirement Village or the General Community? Downsizing Choices of Older Australians
Of the 18% of Australians 50 years of age and older who moved between 2006 and 2011, it is estimated that around half had downsized by number of bedrooms. The majority downsized into private housing in the general community and around one fifth into retirement villages.
2015
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Ageing Population Growth and Critical Housing Questions in New Zealand
In the context of the global ageing population, the case of New Zealand is significant, where one in four of the population will be over sixty-five by 2051.
This paper identifies some critical housing questions within the context of population ageing in Auckland, New Zealand.
2015
Arizona and the Aging Homeless Population: Preparing for the Future
Current US research reveals evidence of an aging trend in the single adult homeless population. This aging trend is centered around those that are part of the latter half of the baby-boomers born between 1954-1967, a cohort of individuals that face the highest risk for homelessness.
2015
Planning Neighbourhoods for all Ages and Abilities: A Multi-generational Perspective
Taking a more integrated approach to planning our neighbourhoods for the continuum of inhabitants’ ages and abilities makes sense given our current and future population composition. Seldom are the built environment requirements of diverse groups (e.g. children, seniors, and people with disability) synthesised, resulting in often unfriendly and exclusionary neighbourhoods.
2015
Socially Healthy Ageing: The Importance of Third Places, Soft Edges and Walkable Neighbourhoods
Population ageing is a complex subject with implications for public policy and urban and regional planning. A key community responsibility of population ageing is to ensure the health and
wellbeing of this cohort. In this respect, planning for socially healthy ageing is a critical area requiring urgent and substantial research.
2015
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Then, now and tomorrow: housing for an ageing population
The key to future boomer housing in Australia is the provision of sustainable and affordable housing landscapes that promote the health and wellbeing of residents for the duration of their life.
This paper focuses on Gold Coast housing landscapes, where a
number of innovative boomer housing projects are currently being developed.
2014
Cooperatives and Co-housing of older people. German Case Studies in Rhineland-Palatinate
This paper, presented at the 2014 AESOP Conference, examines the emerging interest in the co-housing model as a means to address the paucity of housing options for older people in Germany.
Interest in the neighbourhood has increased considerably by housing companies and social policymakers in recent years.
2014
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Ageing at Home as Preference: A Case Study of Older Spanish Population
The aim of this paper is to explore the ideal preferences of Spanish population aged 65 and over about the preferred setting to live in later life, identifying the factors that condition the election of each one of the alternatives (the own home, co-residence in a relative’s home and institutions).
The results are analysed regarding to two hypothetical situations: what would be the preferred livi
2014
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Housing Alternatives for an Aging Population
This Canadian paper looks at the social benefits of ageing in a cohousing environment. Social connection is the key to flourishing in old age. How can housing support flourishing through social connection in an aging society? Harbourside Cohousing in Sooke, BC, is a prototype.
2014
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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