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Housing for older people in Iceland
— apartments and nursing homes | | Author(s) | Steinunn K Jonsdottir, Jon E Jonsson, Sigurveig H Sigurdardottir |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 29, nos 1-2, January-June 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-June 2015 |
| Pages | pp 197-208 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Flats ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Social policy ; Iceland. |
| Annotation | The first residential and nursing homes in Iceland were built in the early 1920s, and the first apartments for older people in the early 1970s. Most of the existing housing for older people has been built since the 1980s. Legislative provisions on housing - and particularly on assisted living - have not changed significantly since laws relating to the affairs of older people were first passed in 1983. While approximately 90% of older people in Iceland own their own home and the primary stated goal of the government is to support independent living, official policy relies on placement in nursing homes. Services and care at home, provided by social and home healthcare services, has not been developed to the same extent as in the other Nordic countries. Clearer guidelines on integrated service housing are needed to reach the government's primary stated goal. Placing more emphasis on delivering services, care, and rehabilitation to people living in the community could shorten individuals' length of stay in hospitals, delay admission to nursing homes, and better meet the expectations of older people for independent living. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150724221 A |
| Classmark | KE: KG: KW: LHB: TM2: 76R |
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