Elderly population distributions and housing prospects in Britain: a review

Warnes, Anthony; Law, Christopher M.

doi:10.3828/tpr.56.3.a715254318600428

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“…In this discussion on the use of public space, the issue of limited resources comes to the forefront. Promoting built environments for elderly people through subsidies, especially in low-income homes or retirement villages or through corporate ventures, is well researched in the US and in the UK (see Cowgill, 1978;Warnes and Law, 1985;Oldman, 1990;Golant, 1992aGolant, , 1992bLeather and MacKintosh, 1993). These developments, together with zoning to promote congregate living of a homogeneous group of people, generates a demand for services which will need to be dealt with.…”

Section: The Role Of the State In Service Provisionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Space to Grow Old In: The Availability of Public Spaces for Elderly Persons in Singapore

Teo

1997

Urban Studies

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Using a political economy approach, this paper examines the provision of facilities and services for elderly persons in urban Singapore. It posits that policies concerning this group are socially constructed and that ageist notions affect the spatial forms created for meeting the health, housing and social needs of older people. It emphasises the signi® cance of subjectivity in the environmental strategies of older persons and investigates the extent to which state provisions incorporate the concept of personal geographies. It concludes that rethinking by the state is necessary to prevent the arti® cial separation of the spaces in which elderly people conduct their everyday activities, a need which is tenable because of the limited amount of space available in the country.

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Section: The Role Of the State In Service Provisionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Space to Grow Old In: The Availability of Public Spaces for Elderly Persons in Singapore

Teo

1997

Urban Studies

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“…Twenty per cent of the growth in the elderly population of non-metropolitan areas of the United States in the 1960s has been attributed to in-migration by the elderly. 5 Studies of retirement migration in England and Wales 6 - 7 and France 8 have also identified retirement migration as an important factor influencing the distribution of the elderly population. The elderly are the biggest consumers of health and social services so this redistribution has important implications for the planners and providers of these services.…”

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Retirement Migration and its Consequences in England and Wales

Grundy

1987

Ageing and Society

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Analyses are presented of data from the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) Longitudinal Study; a record linkage study in which one per cent of the 1971 Census population has been followed up using routinely collected demographic data. The data set includes the 1981 Census records of sample members. The results show that between 1970-1 and 1980-1 there was a fall in migration in the retirement age groups. In both periods there were differentials in rates of migration, particularly between counties, according to variables such as tenure, economic position and Social Class. Tenure, marital status and economic position were together good predictors of male retirement migration 1970-1 but not of 1980-1 migration. The drop in migration rates between the two periods was greatest among the younger retired and owner occupiers.

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“…(56) This would seem a further indication of a growing disparity or polarisation of accommodation provision between the north and the south. Is there any evidence that this disparity also occurs when one moves from housing provision to institutional provision?…”

Section: Trends and Issues In Sheltered Accommodationmentioning

confidence: 99%