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My home is my castle - housing in old age
— the Danish Longitudinal Future Study | | Author(s) | George W Leeson |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 20, no 3, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 61-75 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Living with others ; Attitude ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | Housing in old age became a central issue in discussions on preparation for retirement in the latter part of the 20th century as increasing numbers of people across Europe retired earlier and could look forward to more years in retirement. But housing which had been ideal for parents and children would become increasingly cumbersome, particularly for the partner destined to survive into advanced old age. In the late 1970s, in response to a rapidly ageing population, the Danish government established the world's first Commission on Ageing, to develop a coherent, joined-up policy for older people, and housing was a key issue in the Commission's work. Interest in these issues has not abated subsequently, and at the turn of the 21st century, there is still widespread research and policy development in the field. In Denmark, where attractive, supported housing for older people has been a key element in housing policy development, both younger and older generations display little propensity to move to housing which would be more suitable in old age. Since 1987, the Danish Longitudinal Future Study (DLFS) has followed in three waves four generations originally aged 40-64, analysing and elucidating among other things their attitudes and expectations to housing in general and in old age. This paper presents the results of the study relating to the four generations of the DLFS, and considers the results' policy implications.(RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413007 A |
| Classmark | KE: KA: DP: 3J: 76K |
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