Ageing Populations and Housing Needs: Comparing Strategic Policy Discourses in France and England

Hillcoat‐Nallétamby, Sarah; Ogg, James Thomas; Renaut, Sylvie; Bonvalet, Catherine

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00745.x

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“…Thus, adaptations of homes or apartments that enable elderly with health problems to age in place is increasingly viewed as a form of housing assistance that avoids expensive nursing home care (30,36,44). A number of OECD countries (particularly Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands) have expanded housing assistance to include planning and renovations of neighborhoods to make them more hospitable for elderly (3,29,30,46).…”

Section: Types Of Services Provided To the Elderly Who Need Assistancementioning

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Searching for a Balance of Responsibilities: OECD Countries' Changing Elderly Assistance Policies

Swartz

2013

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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The rapid aging of OECD country populations and the now five-yearlong financial crisis in Europe are causing many OECD countries to reconfigure their assistance programs for the elderly, particularly their long-term care (LTC) policies. Debates about intergenerational responsibilities are evident in recently published research papers that examine how countries are revising programs for the elderly. Building financial sustainability into program reforms has suddenly become a priority. Until just recently, reform efforts focused on creating efficiencies and better quality of services. What emerges from the recent literature is a strong sense that the OECD countries are responding to the financial crisis and the rapid aging of populations in very similar ways. Given the countries' different histories of how they provide assistance to their elderly citizens, the convergence of policy responses is not something we might have foreseen. The United States could learn much from the OECD countries' choices.

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Section: Types Of Services Provided To the Elderly Who Need Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Searching for a Balance of Responsibilities: OECD Countries' Changing Elderly Assistance Policies

Swartz

2013

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…This is why dwellings adapted for the age-related needs are constructed, including modern technological solutions allowing for long-term care for the sick and disabled at their place of living. (Hillcoat-Nalletamby et al, 2010) To this end, various solutions are applied, from those applied at the place of living of the older person to specialist facilities. Services that may be obtained by the elderly at their place of living are care and assistance.…”

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“…In France there are also conventional retirement homes, which may have additional specialist care facilities, however, these are not obligatory. Source: Own study based on national documents and literature review (Edstrom and Gustafsson (2011), Gruis and Priemus (2008), Fukushima et al (2010), Hillcoat-Nalletamby et al (2010), Holmqvist et.al (2014, Wisniowska-Szurlej et al (2017), National Housing Programme).…”

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Social Housing Management in Poland in the Context of Ageing Society. European Experience and Implication for Poland

Rataj¹,

Iwański²,

Bugajska³

2017

EMS

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The process of population ageing has a global dimension and constitutes an important challenge for social policy, and in particular for housing policy. Demographic forecasts carried out by Eurostat, World Bank and the UN unanimously predict an increase in the number of the elderly, especially seniors aged 85+. The ageing of Polish society and the implications of the process for the housing sector is a challenge for social policy, which is responsible for creating an enabling environment to meet the needs of older people. Increasing expenditures on care for the elderly points to the need to find appropriate solutions for independent or partially independent seniors living in their own housing environment. The large percentage of Poland's population aged 65 and older requires that housing policy seek solutions for the implementation of housing needs at a level appropriate to the needs of different groups. It is important to discuss the necessity to secure housing needs of the elderly, especially seniors with low level of independence. The development of senior housing, sheltered flats, residential homes and old people's homes could bring a solution to the increasing demographic problem. The discussion concerns the European context and the implications that can be derived for Poland. The dynamic increase in the number of older people in the society is a complicated and relatively new phenomenon in Poland, therefore in the contemporary economic and sociological discourse there is a growing interest in the ways of increasing supply of housing units that meet the needs of the elderly. In the paper the authors describe management of the social housing stock (Lennartz et al., 2012; Czischke, 2012) that addresses the issue of securing housing needs of seniors. The discussion concerns the European context and the implications that can be derived for Poland.

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“…The authors of the recently published studies [28] present the following opinion: ageing in place is an idea evolving in Western Europe, according to which the elderly may maintain independence and self-reliance by adapting their dwellings to the specific needs of older people [29,30]. The research conducted on seniors’ preferences shows that they want to live in their familiar environment as long as possible [31].…”

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Demand for a Housing Offer Addressed to Senior Citizens in Poland

Przybyła

Kurtyka-Marcak

2019

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study is to identify the willingness of pensioners to move from an apartment/house to an apartment/house located in a housing estate specifically designed for senior citizens. As such, this article forms part of the discussion of the housing needs of senior citizens, their preferences and willingness to change their place of residence. The research covers a group of post-working-age people residing in the region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland. Various research methods were used in the study, including a written questionnaire and its statistical analysis. The research focuses on analysing both the preferences of potential buyers of apartments for seniors and seniors’ willingness to change their place of residence in order to purchase an apartment adapted to their mobility needs (free from architectural and technical barriers), taking into account the respondent’s age and housing situation. The research indicates that city residents are significantly more often willing to change their current place of residence for one adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities than residents of rural areas. In turn, those living with their husband or wife are significantly more likely to state that special offers for seniors do not need to be developed than those living alone or with other family members or in a social care home. No relationship was found between the age of a respondent and the desire to move to a new house. However, younger seniors are more open to moving to housing estates offering facilities for the elderly who require additional care.

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Ageing Populations and Housing Needs: Comparing Strategic Policy Discourses in France and England

Cited by 18 publications

References 25 publications

Searching for a Balance of Responsibilities: OECD Countries' Changing Elderly Assistance Policies

Searching for a Balance of Responsibilities: OECD Countries' Changing Elderly Assistance Policies

Social Housing Management in Poland in the Context of Ageing Society. European Experience and Implication for Poland

Demand for a Housing Offer Addressed to Senior Citizens in Poland

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