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Our future home
— housing and the inclusion of older people in 2025 | | Author(s) | Malcolm J Fisk |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 1999 |
| Pages | 74 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, St James's Walk, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0BE. |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Services ; Integration ; Isolation ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | Throughout the 20th century, housing and support services for older people have often been provided within frameworks that are ageist and have served to foster separatism and social exclusion, most notably residential homes and sheltered housing. The focus of this report is the housing of older people in the year 2025. Examples of retirement villages and collaboration between local authorities and housing associations illustrate the policy changes required: segregation and integration; direct payments; manufactured homes; flexible tenure; universal design and services; and smart technologies. To achieve more flexibility and responsiveness in service provision, the following parameters are suggested: keeping it local; promotion of universal designs, universal services, independent living, and integrated environments; information and the customer ethos; respecting diversity; rejecting residential care; offering security; reaching higher standards; and giving speedy responses. Complementing these are issues requiring urgent attention: age audits and strategic service frameworks; communications services; community alarm services; housing standards; improved building methods; care and repair; equity release and flexible tenure; sheltered housing; residential care; staff training; and practical help at home. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000809001 B |
| Classmark | KE: I: TO: TP: TOB: TM2 |
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