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| Sociable housing in later life | | Author(s) | Louise Bazalgette, Jo Salter |
| Corporate Author | Demos; Hanover |
| Publisher | Hanover, Staines, May 2013 |
| Pages | 19 pp (The hanover@50debate, 5) |
| Source | Download: http://www.hanover50debate.org.uk/wp-content/uploa... |
| Keywords | Independent housing ; Warden serviced dwellings ; Living with others ; Consumer choice ; Social policy ; Quantitative studies. |
| Annotation | This is the fifth in a series of ten think pieces from leading UK think tanks to mark Hanover's 50th year in providing high quality housing and related services for older people. Two researchers at Demos conducted interviews and focus groups with older people regarding what type of social environment was wanted for their housing and immediate community. The paper finds that many older people are very dissatisfied with the choice of mainstream and specialist housing options currently available to them. In particular, some older people are fearful of experiencing social isolation in mainstream housing, but dislike the prospect of living in age-segregated 'ghettos' offered by some retirement housing. The authors recommend that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) should take a leading role in encouraging new housing models such as Homeshare and cohousing, which support older people's social integration. They also argue that housing associations and house builders must likewise explore such alternative models for older people's housing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130530003 P |
| Classmark | KL: KLM: KA: WYC: TM2: 3DQ * |
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